COVID-19 Daily Positive Rate In Connecticut Highest Since March

Ridgefield CT

16 August, 2021

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CONNECTICUT — Coronavirus-related hospitalizations and positivity rates continue to edge upward in the state, as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. Over the weekend, Connecticut's daily coronavirus positivity rate climbed to 3.55 percent, based on 44,577 tests yielding 1,581 new cases. The total of laboratory-confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases reported among Connecticut residents is now 363,417. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to categorize four of Connecticut's eight counties —Middlesex, New Haven, Hartford and New London — as experiencing "high" community transmission of COVID-19. The classification is defined by 100 or more cases per 100,000 people, or a positivity rate of 10 percent or higher, over the past seven days. Hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue to climb upward steadily in Connecticut. Twenty-six residents were admitted into area hospitals since Friday, bringing the total number of patients to 285. See Also: Connecticut Property Taxes In Every Town: Who Pays The Most? CT Man Charged With Attempted Sexual Assault Of Minor: Police3rd Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine Offered To Those Who Need It: Lamont