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The state’s latest data shows that Vermont is now past its peak of active cases, a sign that community spread will continue to decline, according to a model released at a press conference Friday.
Commissioner Michael Pieciak of the Department of Financial Regulation said social distancing measures showed that Vermonters were complying with state rules. “We continue to attribute these better-than-expected outcomes to Vermonters’ adherence to social distancing and hygiene guidance,” he said.
The model was part of a monthlong trend of Vermont’s Covid-19 cases performing better than expected under several researchers’ models of the future of the virus in Vermont. The state also has a better “doubling rate” — the amount of time it takes for the number of cases to double — than any other state in New England, Pieciak said.
“This is a good reminder of the challenges our neighbors are continuing to confront, and the importance of self quarantining when those are coming to stay here in Vermont,” Pieciak said.
Today’s numbers show that Vermont had 13 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total to 879 since the start of the crisis. One more person died, bringing total deaths to 50.
The state also released revised town-level data Friday. The latest map shows what towns have zero cases and what towns have between one and five cases, compared to a map from earlier this week that combined those two categories.
Overall, 120 of Vermont’s 255 towns have had at least one case of Covid-19, according to the data. At a press conference earlier in the week, Agency of Human Services Secretary Mike Smith had said the state would not release exact figures in towns with few cases to protect patient privacy.
Burlington, the location of several nursing home outbreaks, continues to have among the highest total cases, along with St. Albans town, the location of a prison outbreak.
Although Addison County has only the fourth-highest total in number of cases, the county appears to have a large number of towns with at least one case. It currently has the third-highest number of cases per capita, after Chittenden and Franklin counties.
Use the table below to look up how many cases your town has according to Department of Health data.
Sarah Asch contributed
