Vermont reports 20 new coronavirus cases and two more deaths

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The Department of Health reported Tuesday that 20 more COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Vermont over the past day, as well as two deaths from the virus. 

That brings the total number of cases in Vermont to 95, and total deaths to seven. The department updated data on its website but has yet to issue a daily press release with additional details. 

Four of the five deaths before Tuesday occurred at the Burlington Health and Rehab facility, where more than a dozen residents and at least one staff member have now tested positive. 

Chittenden County, by far Vermont’s most populous county, also has the most confirmed coronavirus cases. Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger has declared a state of emergency, and says increasingly restrictive measures are coming soon. 

A state of emergency has also been declared in Rutland, where a clinical employee at Rutland Regional Medical Center is among those who recently tested positive for COVID-19.

“We just found out that one of our clinical employees has tested positive,” the medical center’s president and CEO, Claudio Fort, said in a video Facebook post.

“In response to that,” he added, “we have conducted contact tracing and have notified the Vermont Department of Health and we are providing information to patients and staff who have been in contact with this staff person.”

Fort said due to privacy reasons he could not identify the employee who tested positive. 

The Montpelier/Roxbury school district also notified community members this weekend that a school employee has tested positive for the virus. 

“Community spread is happening all over Vermont and, unfortunately, Montpelier and Roxbury are not immune,” Superintendent Libby Bonesteel said in an email to students and parents. “The Health Department has indicated that this case was community acquired.”

Bonesteel also said she could not provide additional information about the infected employee due to confidentiality laws.

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