Parke Spicer, 83, who served as first selectman from 1983 to 1995 and held numerous other town positions, died Jan. 8 of pneumonia brought on by COVID-19,
Mashantucket While the number of COVID-19 cases surges in southeastern Connecticut, the disease continues to be held in check on the Mashantucket Pequot reservation, according to the tribe’s chief medical officer, Dr. Setu Vora, a pulmonologist who has experience with infectious diseases.
Few cases have been detected among the tribe’s 1,100 members, Vora said Friday, and none has been fatal.
Late last month, the tribe began administering its first 200 doses of the Moderna vaccine, first inoculating members of the Mashantucket Pequot Fire Department and then tribal health care workers, tribal police officers, tribal elders and tribal councilors. In the weeks ahead, the tribe plans to make the vaccine available to the rest of the tribe and to employees of Foxwoods Resort Casino, the tribe’s economic engine.
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 18,678 to 2,019,636, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The reported death toll rose by 980 to 45,974, the tally showed. (Reporting by Berlin Newsroom; Editing by William Mallard)