Mayor Martin: Vaccinations Rising, COVID-19 Numbers Declining

STAMFORD, CT — In his weekly COVID-19 update, Mayor David Martin reported that vaccination numbers in Stamford have increased over the past week while case numbers have continued to decline. However, he stressed that there's still more work to be done on both fronts.

According to Martin, 88% of residents age 65 and up have full vaccine coverage, up 2% since last week.

Sixty-eight percent of residents age 45-64 have coverage, up from 64% a week ago.

The biggest increase came in the 15-44 range, as 43% now have full coverage, compared to 35% last week. More specifically, 60.5% of that population has at lease some level of protection - whether it's one dose - compared to 56.1% seven days ago.

"This population is as many people as the other two groups together. This is a very important group for us to get full vaccination coverage. We're making progress but we still have a ways to go," Martin said.

In total, 61% of all Stamford residents had at least one dose. The city has administered over 260,000 doses since the vaccination rollout began.

"Our vaccinations are going up, our numbers are coming down. I'm hopeful that we can get out of this thing and stop the pain and suffering from the loss of so many people and so many health effects form COVID that have hurt so many individuals," Martin said, thanking the community, health care workers and first responders for all the work they continue to do.

Several changes are being made to testing sites. Vaccination site hours are also being altered because of the Memorial Day holiday. For updated information on testing and vaccination sites, click here.

The Latest COVID-19 Numbers

Martin reported that currently, the city is experiencing 6.2 cases per day on a 14 day moving average. A year ago, that number was 14. Since October on a seven day moving average, Stamford is seeing four cases per day.

Hospitalizations also continue to decline at Stamford Hospital. As of Tuesday morning, there were only four COVId patients being treated, with zero in the Intensive Care Unit for the second week in a row.

One Stamford resident died in the past week due to COVID-19, bringing the total city death toll to 302 since the pandemic began.

Memorial Day Parade To Be Held May 30

Stamford's Patriotic and Special Events Committee, in conjunction with the Stamford Veterans Park Partnership and the Veterans Council, will have a Memorial Day parade and ceremony on Sunday, May 30.

The parade will start at 11:30 a.m. at Latham Park (corner of Forrest Street , Bedford Street and Walton Place), and will run south on Bedford Street, across Broad Street and onto Atlantic Street to the Veterans Memorial Park. All participants are requested to be there at 11 a.m.

The ceremony will begin at 12 noon at Veterans Memorial Park. Federal, state, and city dignitaries will be in attendance, and one of the guest speakers will be the CT Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, Thomas Saadi. The ceremony will conclude with the unveiling of the Gold Star Monolith, one of the final pieces of the over $5 million renovation of the Veterans Memorial Park.

"Masks will not be required because this is all outdoors, but I'm sure many people will still want to wear masks," Martin said. "Let's not overcrowd on the parade route or in the park and create a problem. We're here to honor those that gave everything that they had to protect our freedoms, and let's not complicate our life by being careless at that time."