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Connecticut Woman Dies After Tick Bite, Department Of Health Says
State health officials announced the death of a Connecticut resident who developed symptoms of Powassan virus weeks after she was bit by a tick. The Connecticut Department of Public Health announced on Tuesday, June 7, that the New London County resident who was in her 90s died at the hospital on Tuesday, May 17. Powassan virus is typically spread through the bite of an infected black-legged or deer tick, and it takes between a week and a month to develop symptoms, health officials said. The woman began experiencing symptoms in early May that included fever, altered mental statu…
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Covid-
19: Putnam Residents Concerned Over Exposure In Danbury Should Get Tested, DOH Says
After seeing a flare-up of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in nearby Danbury, health officials in Putnam County are cautioning residents to remain vigilant. The Putnam County Department of Health issued an alert online following reports of nearly 200 new COVID-19 cases reported in Danbury over the past two weeks. Earlier story - COVID-19: Danbury Sees 'Flare-Up' In Cases Health officials said that anyone in Putnam who think they may have been exposed in Danbury should get tested as soon as possible and remain quarantined until test results are returned. Related story - COVID-19: Danbu…
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Covid-
19: Danbury Schools Shift To Remote Learning After City Sees Spike In Cases
After the spike in COVID-19 cases in Danbury, school officials in the city announced that the district will begin the academic year remotely. Citing the recent rapid uptick in cases, Danbury Schools Superintendent Sal Pascarella said that local health officials and the Board of Education decided it is safest to continue distance learning through at least September. “Due to these unusual circumstances, I have been consulting closely with the State Commissioner of Education, Mayor Boughton, DPS Administrative Leadership teams, and our local health officials,” Pascarella said. “In order …
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Second Positive
Covid-
19 Case Confirmed In Connecticut
A second Connecticut resident has tested positive for the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Connecticut Department of Public Health State Laboratory identified a presumptive positive case of COVID-19 involving a second Connecticut resident on Monday, March 9. More information regarding the second positive case will be available after the patient and family have been notified. The patient's place of residence in Connecticut has not yet been released. This brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in Connecticut to two. The first case, reported on Sunday, March …
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Second Hospital Employee Linked To NY Outbreak Tests Positive For
Covid-
19 In Fairfield County
A physician traced to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York has been confirmed as the second positive case of the novel coronavirus in Fairfield County. Bridgeport was notified by the Connecticut Department of Public Health of its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) within the city, involving the physician who rounded at Bridgeport Hospital and was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday, March 6. There are now 76 cases of the novel coronavirus in New York State, with 57 of them in Westchester County. All 57 are linked to the first case in the county, that of a 50-year-old …
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Official: New Canaan Fourth-Grader Who Died Suddenly Had The Flu
NEW CANAAN, Conn. — The fourth-grader from New Canaan who died unexpectedly over the weekend had tested positive for Type B Flu, according to the New Canaan Advertiser. Nico Mallozzi, 10, died Sunday after he became ill at a hockey tournament in Buffalo, N.Y., according to multiple reports. According to Dr. David Reed, New Canaan’s director of health, Nico’s brother is now hospitalized with the same type of flu, the Advertiser said. The cause of death for the 10-year-old has not been determined. Nico was a fourth-grader at West School and played hockey for the Norwalk-based Connecticut R…
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