NEWPORT, N.H. — Woodlawn Care Center has not reported a new case of COVID-19 in a resident for more than two weeks, which may indicate the outbreak there is nearing the end.
Two other Upper Valley senior living facilities that reported single cases last week have not reported more.
Woodlawn, the nursing home on Pine Street in Newport that has recorded the largest outbreak in the Upper Valley thus far, reported two new cases in staff members on Monday, Nov. 23, but has not reported any new cases since.
The two remaining hospitalized residents are expected to return to the nursing home this week, according to a Sunday Facebook update from Woodlawn.
In total, the outbreak has so far included 33 residents and 24 staff members. Four residents have died after testing positive for COVID-19. So far, 27 residents and 22 staff members have recovered, according to a Monday update from Chris Martin, the facility’s administrator.
As of Sunday, Newport had a total of 21 positive cases and neighboring Claremont had 15. In Grafton County, Hanover led the Lebanon area with 17 cases.
On the Vermont side of the Upper Valley, there have been 100 new cases of COVID-19 in Orange County and 53 new cases in Windsor County in the past two weeks.
In Hanover, there have been no additional cases identified at Hanover Terrace since a staff member there tested positive last week, Terry-Ann Gainer, the Hanover nursing home’s administrator, said in an email on Monday.
There have not been any additional positive cases in residents or staff since a worker at The Village at White River Junction tested positive last Wednesday, Brooke Ciardelli, a spokeswoman for the senior living facility, said in a Monday email.
Additional test results are pending for both Hanover Terrace and The Village.
WELLS RIVER — Students in grades 5 through 12 at Blue Mountain Union School in Wells River will learn from home until Dec. 14 after two cases of COVID-19 were reported last weekend.
Blue Mountain students in grades K-4 will continue learning in person during that time, according to a Sunday Listserv post from school officials.
Students in pre-Kindergarten will learn remotely until Dec. 9, due to two other cases identified last week that affected the pre-K.
School officials aim to have all students return to in-person learning by Dec. 14, the post said. The school, which is part of the Orange East Supervisory Union, serves students from Wells River, Groton, Vt. and Ryegate, Vt.
On Friday, Gov. Phil Scott continued his call for children to stay home from school for two weeks or to quarantine for one week and get a negative test if they attended multifamily gatherings over the holiday in violation of state rules. He said that students’ daily health checks on Monday would include questions about whether they attended gatherings outside their households.
But some schools said they would not include those questions, WCAX-TV reported.
The Champlain Valley School District and the Mount Abraham Unified School District said they would not be asking students whether they attended a gathering with other households. They said they expect families to keep students home if they attended such a social gathering over the holiday and did not want to put the burden of investigating compliance on teachers and staff.
The Rutland City Public Schools and the Williamstown Middle and High School will be remote for the week, with plans to return on Dec. 7. But school leaders say they could then extend remote learning further if necessary.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.