New Canaan COVID-19 Update, Nine New Cases, Mask Wearing Required in Downtown Village from 9am to 9pm

This evening, Friday, October 2^nd , New Canaan First Selectman Kevin Moynihan provided the community with a COVID-19 update, reporting that they Town has had nine new positive COVID-19 test results for New Canaan residents since the outcall last Friday.  Three of the cases are college-age individuals currently residing out of state at school.  The other six cases are of varying ages but unrelated except one case of a family member who tested positive in the prior two weeks. 

Moynihan said, "Therefore, while the virus is present in our community we are not seeing community transmission at our schools, and we must remain vigilant in protecting our students and faculty in order to keep our schools open."

Read Moynihan's complete COVID-19 update below:   

Our Health Director also notes that there have been a total of 235 additional negative tests reported to the state DPH since last Friday.  For complete information about our COVID-19 cases since March see the COVID-19 page of our website at www.newcanaan.info.     

As a reminder, the common symptoms of COVID-19 are sore throat, fever over 100.4, chills or shaking chills, new loss of senses of taste or smell, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath and uncontrolled new cough.

 The complete list of COVID-19 symptoms can be found on the CDC website.  If you or members of your family have any of these symptoms please consult your primary care physician for evaluation and possible referral for testing. Testing is available at area hospitals and urgent care facilities.  Please remember if you are symptomatic, stay home from work or school.  

We again remind all residents to please continue to practice social distancing when out in public, wear masks when social distancing cannot be maintained, and washing or sanitizing hands frequently especially after contact with public surfaces.  It is also important to remind everyone that in our downtown village district mask-wearing is REQUIRED from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm since social distancing is difficult to achieve on busy sidewalks.  We ask parents to remind your teenagers to wear masks when downtown and not to congregate in front of businesses. 

Finally, we remind you that if you travel to any of the states on the Governor’s list of coronavirus hot states (except for less than 24 hours), you must quarantine for 14 days upon your return home or fulfill the testing requirements outlined in Executive Order 9B and complete the travel form found on the state website.

For the most current complete list of applicable states and to download the travel form please visit the State’s coronavirus website (https://portal.ct.gov/Coronavirus/travel).