COVID-19 Update on Case Numbers

I am writing to provide an update on the COVID-19 case counts in our town.  Last night, January 14th, all case addresses received from January 1, 2021 to January 14, 2021 were reviewed with our nurse.  Of the 185 cases reported during that period, 10 were removed as they were clearly not in West Boylston, bringing the total West Boylston cases to 175. The non-residential addresses (jail and 2 nursing homes) totaled 73. The jail had 29 cases, which were not previously reported.  Those were posted on January 4, 2021.  This was the first time we were provided the jail address information.   The nursing homes had 44 cases and those addresses have been included in our count from the beginning.

Last night we received 18 more cases, 10 of which are at nursing homes.   I also checked in with the state and we are being told that they checked with their surveillance data team and they have counted all cases with an official West Boylston address in non-residential addresses (jail and nursing homes) in our town since the beginning of their COVID reporting on their MAVEN system.

From January 1 through January 14, 2021, the town has had 175 cases, 73 of which are associated with non-residential addresses (jail and nursing homes).

Starting with the January 13th posting I will be amending my COVID-19 website posts to indicate whether the numbers contain both West Boylston residential numbers and non-residential numbers.  I will also amend the report to include the 29 cases on January 4, 2021, which were not previously reported to the town from the jail address. 

I hope this clarifies where we are at with our COVID-19 numbers and I am very sorry for the confusion with the jail counts. 

Best regards,

Nancy Lucier, Town Administrator