Norwalk Coronavirus Update: Stew Leonard's Grapples With Virus

NORWALK, CT — Stew Leonard's, the popular regional grocery store chain, says that an undisclosed number of its employees have tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19), including one at its Norwalk store.

"Yes, we had a part-time Team Member test positive a few days ago and we’ve had a few others at our other stores as well," Meghan Bell, the company's director of Public Relations, told Patch. "We’ve been keeping our shoppers updated on all of our efforts to keep Stew Leonard’s a clean and healthy place to shop on our website: http://www.stewleonards.com/stewsdailynews/."

Details about where the other infected employees are stationed, and their current conditions, were not disclosed. Stew Leonard's has seven locations in the Tri-State area, three in Connecticut (Danbury, Newington and Norwalk), three in New York (East Meadow, Farmingdale and Yonkers) and one in Paramus, New Jersey.

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As of Thursday, Norwalk had the state's second highest number of coronavirus infections with 330, according to Mayor Harry Rilling. The number of Norwalk residents who have died of complications from the virus was 17 as of Thursday.

Stamford had the highest number of infections in Connecticut as of Wednesday with 437.

Over the weekend, Rilling issued new emergency orders that limited the number of employees a company could have on-site in Norwalk to 50 percent.

The Connecticut Post writes that some of store's Norwalk employees have been sent home because they were in contact with infected worker, and other employees have stayed home on their own.

Stew Leonard's also has been limiting the number of customers who can be in the store at one time, News 12 Connecticut reports.