Covid-19: CT Infection Rate Soars To 6.74 Percent; Here's New Breakdown By County, Town

The COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut has spiked to the highest number since the peak of the pandemic in the spring.

The breakdown of total COVID-19 cases in Connecticut as of Tuesday, Nov. 10.
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The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Connecticut on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
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Zak Failla

11/10/2020 4:50 p.m.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said late Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 10 that in the past 24 hours, there were 22,612 COVID-19 tests administered across the state, resulting in 1,524 newly confirmed positive cases.

The 6.74 percent positivity rate is the highest the state has seen since May.

Fifty-two more COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, bringing the total to 548, and there were nine new virus-related deaths reported.

Since the pandemic began in March, Connecticut has administered 2,596,983 COVID-19 tests, which have resulted in a total of 82,987 positive cases. A total of 4,707 people in Connecticut have died from the virus.

A breakdown of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases in Connecticut, by county, according to the state Department of Health:

Fairfield: 26,036 confirmed (2,141 probable);
Hartford: 19,605 (1,163);
New Haven: 19,165 (1,269);
New London: 4,256 (141);
Litchfield: 2,582 (195);
Middlesex: 2,277 (119);
Tolland: 1,843 (188);
Windham: 1,687 (28).

A complete list of cases, by municipality, can be found here by clicking and scrolling down.

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