ANOTHER 27 CASES REPORTED AT ST. ALBANS HEALTH AND REHAB, 63 TOTAL
ST. ALBANS: The State of Vermont is reporting an additional 27 cases at St. Albans Health and Rehab, operated by Genesis, off Sheldon Road in St. Albans Town. With the additional cases, the total number of cases linked to the facility comes in at 63 since an outbreak was discovered there last month.
Last week there were 22 new cases discovered at the long term care facility.
An increase of 27 cases over last week means the facility is reporting an increase of 75% in just seven days.
St. Albans Health and Rehab is showing the largest increase among long-term health facilities throughout the Green Mountain state and amounted to more than 28% of the state’s new cases in similar facilities this week.
Elderwood at Burlington tallied 25 new cases this week, or a total of 116 new cases.
Our Lady of Providence, in Winooski, reported 22 new cases of staff and patients. That facility did not have any prior cases before this week.
The Converse Home, an assisted living facility in Burlington, also saw a new outbreak with 11 cases at that facility.
Rutland Health & Rehab, Berlin Health & Rehab, and the Residence at Quarry Hill in South Burlington made up the remaining nine cases, for a total of 94 new cases in Vermont’s care homes this week.
This news comes as the state reports 37 new cases tied to Vermont’s school system. A total of 195 cases have been connected to Vermont’s schools since they reopened in September.
Tuesday’s case numbers report 66 new cases of COVID-19, with four new deaths- surpassing the 100 death mark since the pandemic began.
Of Vermont’s 100 deaths, 40 of those have occurred in the past four weeks, according to the State of Vermont.
Today Dr. Levine reported upbeat news with a vaccine on the ground in Vermont but cautioned that it will take time to get the population vaccinated at a rate that will protect Vermonters.
By the end of December, the state expects to have about 34,000 vaccine doses, which will not be quite enough to provide sufficient vaccine for all healthcare workers and health care center patients in the state, according to Levine.
Levine said he expected life to get back to normal by the Fall of 2021, and leading up to that, life for Vermonters would begin to become more normal prior to autumn.
