#Middlebury #COVID19
Note: We are providing our readers with updates on the COVID-19 situation as often as possible.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19. Please note doctors say there may be 100 unconfirmed cases for every confirmed case.
Connecticut COVID-19 Cases: 68 as of March 17, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
- Fairfield County: 48
- Hartford County: 7
- Litchfield County: 5
- New Haven County: 8
Drive-through screening locations
Saint Mary’s Hospital opened drive-through COVID-19 screening Tuesday, March 17. It operates from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., seven days a week. The clinic is in the lower level of the visitor’s garage on Cole Street in Waterbury.
Those seeking a screening must have a physician’s order and proper identification to utilize the drive-up clinic. Physician’s order can be a paper copy or submitted electronically by the physician. Upon entering the drive-up clinic, patients will call the pre-registration number and be connected to a clinical staff member who will complete the registration. The screening process will be conducted by trained and protected clinicians.
Waterbury Hospital opened drive-through screening March 13. The sampling station is open at 68 Robbins Street (Emergency Department entrance) seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Here is how it works for patients:
- A doctor’s order is required for sampling.
- Patients get swabbed right in their car and samples are sent outside for testing to a private lab.
- Patients go home to await results.
- Results are available within 3 to 5 days and all patients are asked to self-quarantine while awaiting results.
Middlebury Social Services
All programs including the elderly lunch program are suspended until further notice. The office will remain open and social services will be available for assistance. Transportation will be available for grocery shopping, medical appointments and to pick up medications.
Please call 203 577-4166 with any questions or concerns.
Middlebury Parks & Rec
All programs for the remainder of March are canceled.
Town parks will not open until April 30, 2020.
Activity dates listed in the Spring brochure are subject to change.
The Shepardson Community Center will be closed in the evening if there are no town meetings. All Scout groups and any other non-town function activities have been canceled.
Business closings
The Connecticut Department of Public Health Commissioner sent a March 17, 2020, letter urging all barbers, hairdressers, cosmetologists, nail technicians, estheticians, eyelash technicians and massage therapists to cease operations indefinitely to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Region 15 Lunches
For information on picking up bagged lunches for Region 15 students, visit www.region15.org/content/2002/2658/9356.aspx. Click on “Food Services during School Closure.
Middlebury Public Library
The library is offering limited services confined to the “lobby” area between the outer and inner doors at the library. It is set up with rolling carts that hold books requested by patrons, coloring sheets for children, tax forms, and free jigsaw puzzles.
Patrons may request books through Select From Home Service between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The library staff will then place the books on the rolling carts for patrons to drop by and pick up between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Restaurants
As of 8 pm Monday, March 16, all restaurants are closed except for takeout and delivery. We will post a restaurant list on the website later today.
The town distributed signs restaurants can place out front to let people know they are offering takeout and delivery.
