Gov. Ned Lamont said that there were 59,630 COVID-19 tests administered in Connecticut on Thursday, March 25, resulting in 1,699 confirmed cases for a 2.85 percent positivity rate, down nearly a full percent from the day before.
According to the Department of Health, there were three newly confirmed virus-related deaths - down from four the previous day - as the total rose to 7,865.
Twenty-two new COVID-19 patients were admitted into Connecticut hospitals for treatment, leaving 456 still being monitored for the virus.
Since the pandemic began more than a year ago, there have been more than 7.5 million COVID-19 tests administered, resulting in 305,210 laboratory-confirmed cases.
The latest breakdown of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases in Connecticut, by county, according to the state Department of Health on March 26:
- Fairfield: 87,366;
- New Haven: 78,536;
- Hartford: 74,346;
- New London: 20,348;
- Litchfield: 12,388;
- Middlesex: 11,299;
- Windham: 9,754;
- Tolland: 8,416;
- Unknown: 1,057.
A complete list of cases, by communities, can be found here by clicking and scrolling down
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