Connecticut’s positive COVID-19 infection rate is back at nearly 10% as the state and region grapple with subvariants of the virus.
According to the state Department of Public Health, the COVID-19 positivity rate and hospitalizations have increased over the past seven days amid rising cases across the country.
Over the past seven days, the Department of Public Health has administered nearly 60,000 PCR and NAAT COVID-19 tests in Connecticut, resulting in 4,828 confirmed cases of the virus for an 8.09% positive infection rate.
Twenty-seven new COVID-19 patients were admitted to Connecticut hospitals as the number of people being treated for the virus rose to 188 statewide.
The latest breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in Connecticut since the start of the pandemic, by county:
- Fairfield: 206,776 cases (2,711 deaths);
- New Haven: 198,377 (2,817);
- Hartford: 179,841 (3,130);
- New London: 55,796 (657);
- Litchfield: 32,254 (456);
- Middlesex: 28,544 (480);
- Windham: 25,903 (302);
- Tolland: 20,932 (272).
According to state officials, as of April 22, more than 3 million Connecticut residents have received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while nearly 2.75 million have completed the vaccination process.
More than 1.6 million first and second booster injections were also administered.
The latest breakdown of the populations that have received the most vaccines, according to the Ministry of Health:
- 65+: >95%
- 55-64: >95%;
- 35-44: 94%;
- 45-54: 91%;
- 25-34: 90%;
- 16-17: 88%;
- 18-24: 85%;
- 12-15: 82%;
- 5-11: 49%.
A full list of cases, by communities, can be found here by clicking and scrolling down.
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