Bits and pieces: MLK Jr. breakfast features Bristol native Danisha Craig; also, this week’s hospital bed capacity and COVID-19 Stats

Legislative advisor to the U.S. Senate Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Dept. of Energy Danisha Craig will keynote the annual Greater Bristol Chapter of the NAACP scholarship breakfast this Monday at Bristol Eastern High School. | Photo from Energy.gov website

Posted By: Staff January 11, 2023

Annual Greater Bristol NAACP Chapter breakfast to be held Monday morning at Bristol Eastern High School

The legislative affairs advisor for the U.S. Senate will be the featured speaker at the annual local NAACP chapter’s breakfast this Monday, Jan. 16, at 8 a.m. at Bristol Eastern High School.

Danisha Craig, Bristol native, will address the breakfast theme, “The Energy of Our Roots.” Craig advises the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Energy.

Previously, she served as U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal’s legislative assistant working on energy, environment, banking and economic policy.

Specifically, her environmental work focused on land and water conservation. In addition, she worked on financial services policy with the goal of reducing socioeconomic inequality.

Craig holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Marist College, where she was a Division 1 track and field athlete.

Proceeds from the breakfast, officially, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. & Rev. Dr. Eddie C. Whitehead
Scholarship Breakfast, support scholarships awarded to graduating high school seniors from the towns and cities served by the Greater Bristol Branch NAACP, including Bristol, Burlington, Harwinton, Plainville, Plymouth and Southington.

For tickets or sponsorships, contact Johanna Nagle at (860) 690-0336 or jlnagle@Live.com. Tickets: $20 for adults and $10 for children 10 and under.

Bristo Hospital bed capacity

As of Jan. 10, 61.3 percent or on average 82.1 of 134 adult staffed hospital beds, the same as the previous week, were occupied at Bristol Hospital, according to the State of Connecticut’s Data and Analytics division.

During the same week, the number of occupied staffed ICU beds remained at 64 percent or 9 of 14 from the previous reporting period.

Latest COVID-19 stats

Bristol’s COVID-19 positivity rate is 14 percent up from 11.5 percent a week ago with 68 positive cases up from 62 positive cases during the same period, leaving Bristol in the high category with over 15 cases per 100,000 people. Hartford County is in the high category.

The CDC recommends that people at high risk for severe illness, talk to their healthcare provider about whether to need to wear a mask and take other precautions. In addition, the CDC reminds people to take the following measures:

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