The Vermont Covid-19 case average has slowly ticked down from its all-time high on Sept. 19, but the past two weeks have still been among the hardest-hit days in pandemic history — and the Department of Health’s town-by-town Covid-19 data reflects that.
More than two dozen communities reported the highest category of case spread in the latest data, from Lemington in the far edges of the Northeast Kingdom to Wardsboro at the southern end of the state.
But Orleans County continues to report the most concentrated surge in Covid-19 in the past two weeks. Ten of its 18 communities were in the highest category of case spread, defined as 80 or more recent cases per 10,000 people: Troy, Newport city, Newport town, Westfield, Irasburg, Derby, Charleston, Morgan, Barton and Glover.
Nearby Montgomery in Franklin County and Brighton and East Haven in Essex County were also in the highest category, as were more distant St. Johnsbury, Guildhall, Lunenburg, St. Albans city, Washington, Cornwall, West Haven, Fair Haven, West Rutland, Reading, Danby, Weston and Springfield.
Springfield reported 93 new Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks, a concerning trend considering its relatively small size. Burlington, with a population four times the size of Springfield’s, reported 123 cases.
Use the table above to see how your community’s cases have changed in recent weeks, or use the Department of Health map to look at how they compare to your community’s population.
