There were 49 new COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday among students and employees in Darien Public Schools, district officials said, and Monday’s total of 55 was revised upward to 65.
In related COVID-19 news, the Darien Health Department released its weekly update on Tuesday, showing 63 new COVID-19 cases reported in the seven-day period from Dec. 28 to Jan. 3. Numbers for COVID-19 new cases reached a high point in the six days from Dec. 17 to 22, when the number was 114. (It fell to 78 in the five days from Dec. 23 to 27.)
(See the chart below.)
The school district revision was with the Tokeneke School numbers. Like all the others, they were reported to the school district by the state, which gathered them from various sources, including doctors and hospitals.
On Monday, two positive COVID-19 cases were reported to the district from that school, with one of them a person who was already vaccinated. On Tuesday, those Monday figures were revised to 12 cases, 10 of them involving people already vaxxed. The chart in the district’s announcement also shows four new Tokeneke cases on Tuesday, none of them vaxxed.
Darien High School had 21 new cases on Tuesday, 15 of them people who had been vaccinated already.
Here’s a page from Darien Health Department’s latest weekly report, from the town government website. (More information on testing, vaccinations and places to get each are in the report, with links to other websites.)
Full Text of Tuesday’s COVID-19 Schools Update
This announcement, emailed to parents of students and school district employees, was sent to Darienite.com at 5:15 p.m., Tuesday:
Dear Parents and Community Members:
Please find below a summary of the cases reported today, Jan. 4, 2022. All affected individuals have been instructed to remain home in self-isolation for five (5) days from the date of their positive test. All family members have also been instructed to follow the current public health protocols for vaccinated or unvaccinated individuals, depending on their individual situation.
Location |
Total Number of Cases |
Total Number Vaccinated |
DHS/Fitch |
21 |
15 |
MMS |
6 |
5 |
Hindley |
6 |
2 |
Holmes |
0 |
0 |
OxRidge |
2 |
2 |
Royle |
10 |
5 |
Tokeneke |
4 |
0 |
Tokeneke 1/3/22 revised |
12 |
10 |
Please keep any child who is exhibiting symptoms of COVID, no matter how mild, at home and seek advice from your medical provider on next steps. Thank you for your ongoing collaborative efforts in helping to protect the well-being of our greater community.
Sincerely,
Dr. Alan Addley, Ed.D
Superintendent
Alicia Casucci, APRN, CPNP
Director of Nursing Services