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COVID-19: Positivity Rate Under 4 Percent In CT, 119 New Deaths Reported COVID-19: Positivity Rate Under 4 Percent In CT, 119 New Deaths Reported
Covid-19: Positivity Rate Under 4 Percent In CT, 119 New Deaths Reported The daily COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut held steady under 4 percent as the death toll in the state topped 10,400 since the beginning of the pandemic. On Wednesday, Feb. 23, 11,467 COVID-19 tests were administered in Connecticut, resulting in 458 confirmed new cases for a 3.99 percent positive infection rate, up slightly from the previous day. Last month, the infection rate hovered above 20 percent for several weeks, peaking in the middle of the month. One hundred and nineteen new COVID-19 fatalities in the past week in Connecticut brought the death toll to 10,443 since March 2020…

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COVID-19: Parts Of US With Low Vaccination Rates Seeing Spike In Cases Linked To Delta Variant COVID-19: Parts Of US With Low Vaccination Rates Seeing Spike In Cases Linked To Delta Variant
Covid-19: Parts Of US With Low Vaccination Rates Seeing Spike In Cases Linked To Delta Variant Red flags are flying and alarm bells are ringing in some heads as parts of the US with the lowest vaccination rates have seen a new surge in COVID-19 cases linked to the more transmissible Delta variant that has been spreading across the country. The Delta variant has become the new cause of concern for health experts in the US, with the strain now reported in all but one state and accounting for more than 20 percent of all COVID-19 cases as it threatens to become the dominant strain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among those being hit hardest by the moi…

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COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans Concerned About Getting Virus, New Poll Reveals COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans Concerned About Getting Virus, New Poll Reveals
Covid-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans Concerned About Getting Virus, New Poll Reveals More and more Americans are expressing a willingness and openness to taking the COVID-19 vaccine as the country’s fear of contracting the virus has hit a new low, according to a newly released Gallup poll. In the latest poll, released this week, with “more needles” getting put in arms, just 35 percent of American adults are “very” or “somewhat” worried about contracting COVID-19, the lowest number since the organization began tracking the data in April last year. According to the poll, 22 percent of Americans are at least “moderately” worried about having access to hospital services and tre…

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