Vermont crosses 4,000 Covid case threshold; concerns over long-term care facilities

Gov. Phil Scott and Health Commissioner Mark Levine expressed concern about rising Covid cases at long-term care facilities. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerVermont logged its 4,000th case of Covid-19 this week, officials said at Gov. Phil Scott’s press conference Friday, a figure they called a sobering landmark in the state’s fight against the virus that began in March.A significant number of Vermont’s cases have come in just the past three weeks: Over 44% of the state&rs