State Monitoring 2 Coronavirus Outbreaks At Avon Facilities

AVON, CT — The state Department of Public Health is monitoring two outbreaks of COVID-19 in Avon facilities, WTNH reported. Avon Health Care nursing home has reported 22 residents have tested positive. Three of those residents are in the hospital and one has died.

Fourteen staff members at Avon Health Care have also tested positive. DPH has begun contact tracing and is conducting additional testing, according to WTNH.

An outbreak at Residence at Brookside assisted living in late September has resulted in 11 resident cases and the death of an 86-year-old man.

A Farmington Valley Health District official told The Hartford Courant that it's believed that a Brookside resident who tested positive spread the virus to Avon Health Care via two workers. It's not clear if the outbreak at the two facilities has spread to the larger community.

The news comes as the state's testing positivity rate has increased recently, hitting 2.4 percent Tuesday with 320 new cases.

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