Ridgefield COVID-19 Update: 4 Additional Cases, Golf Course Closed, Self Quarantine if Traveling from New York City

Earlier today Health Director Ed Briggs confirmed 58 Covid-19 active cases in Ridgefield with ages ranging from 12-89 and our death toll remains at four. The current number of tests underway indicates that our numbers will continue to rise significantly.

If you feel you have symptoms, PLEASE CALL YOUR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER. Your primary care provider is your first line of defense and will recommend if you need a test. Immediately self-quarantine if you think you have symptoms.

• We ask that anyone who comes in from New York City to self-quarantine for 14 days before entering any public area in Ridgefield.

• The Governor has reduced the number of people allowed to gather with social distancing to five or fewer. Remember, any group gathering spreads the virus.

• Essential businesses are taking precautions, however, it is up to each of us as individuals to go the extra mile. Bring your wipes and sanitize as you go.

• We have had many calls regarding the golf course being closed. Unfortunately, it remains closed until we can be assured that it can be managed without encouraging groups to congregate. We have also had two positive cases there and while two weeks have passed since the diagnosis, we are acting out of an abundance of caution.

• Ridgefield Responds, a charity under the Friends of Ridgefield (public 501c-3) is now taking donations that will be used towards Ridgefield’s massive recovery effort and will specifically be used for those unemployed/laid off due to COVID-19 (for assistance with rents and mortgages due to layoffs associated with COVID-19).

Send all contributions to: Friends of Ridgefield – Ridgefield Responds, 400 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877. Please be sure to notify employers who sponsor matching contributions.

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