Coronavirus CT: Infection Rate Remains Over 3.35%

Bethel CT

17 November, 2021

3:25 PM

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CONNECTICUT — After spiking to a 12-week high on Tuesday, the daily Connecticut COVID-19 positivity rate dropped nearly a point overnight. In the latest numbers released Wednesday afternoon by the state Department of Public Health, another 838 cases of the coronavirus were confirmed. With 24,777 tests taken, Connecticut's daily coronavirus positivity rate is 3.38 percent. Hospitalizations rose by four beds overnight. Two hundred and forty-seven patients are currently hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19; of those, 64 (25.9 percent) are fully vaccinated. Most of those hospitalized (74) are in New Haven County. See Also: Police Investigate 'Grinch' Who Vandalized Town Christmas Tree Bicyclist, 79, Hit By A Truck Has Died As Cops Look For VehicleAnimal Welfare Laws Revisited By Officials After Recent Protests