Ridgefield COVID Cases Trend In Wrong Direction: DPH

RIDGEFIELD, CT — The high coronavirus alert "red zone" towns have all but evaporated in Connecticut, but for the current week in Ridgefield, the numbers are trending in the wrong direction.

Ridgefield's coronavirus alert level remained at "yellow," as the town had eight average daily cases per 100,000 residents and a positive test rate of 3.3 percent between Feb. 20 and Mar. 5, according to the state Department of Public Health.

But there were just 6.9 average daily cases per 100,000 residents in the previous two-week reporting period, and the test rate is up a full point from last week's numbers.

It's important to note that a few cases can have a large impact on a municipal case rate, especially for small towns.

In the schools, the number of cases continues to drop. Branchville Elementary School, Ridgebury Elementary School, Ridgefield High School, and Scotts Ridge Middle School have each reported fewer than six cases of COVID-19 among their student body from Mar. 3-9. Scotland Elementary School, which had reported a handful of cases in last week's report, and all other schools in the Ridgefield School District, have logged zero infections during the current reporting period, according to DPH.

As of Friday, 65.2 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated. In Connecticut, 78 percent of residents have had both jabs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both those numbers are up just 0.2 percent over the previous week. Just under half of Connecticut residents have received a booster shot against the coronavirus.

Ridgefield is slightly ahead of the state curve, with 81.69 percent of its residents fully vaccinated, according to the latest DPH data.