Coronavirus Infection, Vaccination and School Cases: Town-By-Town

Danbury CT

30 December, 2021

6:53 PM

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CONNECTICUT — Only one town has managed to stay off the highest infection tier in the latest set of numbers released from the state Department of Public Health. Canaan has reported less than five cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents from Dec. 5 through Dec. 18. The rest of the state is in the high-alert red zone, according to DPH. The color codes correspond to guidance from DPH. Populations in the red zone have reported 15 or more cases per 100,000 people over a two-week average. It should come as no surprise that the only Connecticut town whose residents have all been completely vaccinated against COVID-19 is Canaan, that same lone town which has not strayed into the high-infection red zone. Mansfield remains the vaccination outlier, still with just under 40 percent of its population fully vaccinated. The graph above illustrates the slow progress toward complete vaccination. As of Thursday, those residents who have received at least one dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 include more than 95 percent of those over the age of 55, 88 percent of those between 45-54 (up 1 percent from last week), 89 percent of those between 35-44, 83 percent of those between 25-34 (up 1 percent), 77 percent of those between 18-24 (up 1 percent), 82 percent of those between 16-17, 75 percent of those between 12-15 (up 1 percent) and 34 percent of those aged 5-11 (up 2 percent). The table below shows cases and deaths among fully vaccinated persons by age group. As of Thursday, 58,212 cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated persons in Connecticut have been identified, 14,875 more than last week. Of the 251,3612 persons who are fully vaccinated, 2.32 percent have contracted the virus. Two hundred seventy-six COVID-19 related deaths have occurred among the 58,212 fully vaccinated persons confirmed with COVID-19. These deaths represent 16.6 percent of all COVID-19 deaths since Feb. 9, 2021. Source: CT Department of Public HealthThe charts above and below show the "relative risk," or the difference in risk when comparing rates between vaccinated and unvaccinated persons. The latest data show unvaccinated residents have a 33 times higher risk of dying from the coronavirus, compared to the vaccinated. Their risk of hospitalization is 13 times greater, and the risk of infection is 3 times as great. Although coronavirus deaths in Connecticut have declined markedly since February, it is important to note that death — and hospitalization — rates have consistently been higher among unvaccinated persons compared to fully vaccinated persons. During the week of Dec. 23-29, 360 Connecticut schools reported coronavirus cases among either students or staff, 393 fewer than last week.