New Canaan reports decline in COVID cases, testing and vaccinations continue Written by Town of New Canaan
This evening, Tuesday, January 26, New Canaan First Selectman Kevin Moynihan provided a community COVID update reporting that last week we saw a significant decline in positive COVID test results with 48 cases, down from the previous week’s 76.
In addition, Moynihan said we’ve had 9 new cases reported thus far this week and most cases are family transmission and our Health Director reminds families to try to isolate a positive family member to the extent possible from the rest of the household. She also urges residents to eliminate all unnecessary social gatherings to continue to control the spread of COVID-19 in our community.
New Canaan Sees Slight Decline in Positive COVID Cases, Update on Testing and Vaccine Written by HH
New Canaan Community Update
This evening, New Canaan First Selectman Kevin Moynihan provided a community COVID update reporting that last week, we saw a slight decline in positive COVID test results with 76 cases, down from the previous week high of 89. Moynihan said that we’ve had 17 new cases reported thus far this week. Our Health Director urges residents to eliminate all unnecessary social gatherings to continue to bring our case numbers back down and control the spread of COVID-19 in our community, said Moynihan, who added that most cases continue to be college-age young adults, teenagers, and middle-age parents.
Clockwise from top left: the Rev. Peter Walsh, the Rev. Chapin Garner, the Rev. Rob Kinnally, the Rev. Rev. Kibbie Laird, the Rev. Scott Herr and the Rev. Derek Fallon. Contributed
Even prior to the onset of COVID-19, New Canaan’s local clergy association stood out in the experience of the Rev. Stephen Chapin Garner.
Collegial and kind, it includes unusually gifted people whose monthly gatherings are free of a type of guardedness can limit such groups, Garner said.
As the pandemic set in this spring, bringing unforeseen practical challenges among other demands, New Canaan’s spiritual leaders began leaning harder into one another, according to Garner, senior minister at the Congregational Church of New Canaan.