Town Of Wilton Publishes Coronavirus Update For December 15

Press release from the Town of Wilton:

December 15, 2020

December 15th – "In light of Wednesday’s forecasted weather event, Wilton Seniors Drive-Thru Lunch will begin an hour earlier at 10:00 a.m.

Heavy snow with accumulations of over 12 inches is forecasted, along with wind gusts. If you haven’t already done so, please sign-up for alerts and make note of the following information:

• Police department urgent alerts for road closings
• Eversource outage alerts and outage map
• Optimum: Online here or Message at optimum.net/chat or Tweet to @Optimumhelp or call at (866) 950-3278
• SeeClickFix for non-911 emergency issue reporting to the Town
• First Selectwoman storm related and other updates

The following is data, as of 8:30 p.m. last night, from today’s CT DPH report versus yesterday’s December 14th report:

• Wilton: 5 new cases reported. 550 cases YTD.
• Statewide: 1,470 new cases. 5.98% of the 24,580 new tests reported were positive. 155,462 cases YTD.
• Fairfield County: 571 new cases. 48,879 cases YTD.
• Hospitalized Patients: Statewide, 1,269 with a 26-net patient increase. Fairfield County, 303 with a 4-net patient decrease.
• Deaths: Statewide, 5,466 with 22 new deaths. Fairfield County, 1,607 with 5 new deaths. Wilton, 45, with no new deaths.

The was no change today to CT’s travel advisory.

Please, behave as if you have the virus and as if those around you do as well.

5 W’s

• Watch your distance
• Wear a mask/face covering when you can’t maintain 6 feet of distance whether indoors or outside
• Walk, run or bike to the right in single file when passing another person on the NRVT, sidewalks and trails
• Wait to host indoor gatherings
• Wash your hands

If you have a question, please email me at lynne.vanderslice@wiltonct.org."

Lynne Vanderslice

First Selectwoman

This press release was produced by the Town of Wilton. The views expressed here are the author’s own.