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During the weekend that began on Friday, March 25, there were more than 33,000 COVID-19 tests administered in Connecticut, resulting in 1,014 confirmed COVID-19 cases for a 3.07 percent positivity rate, holding steady from the previous week.
Two new COVID-19 patients were admitted to Connecticut hospitals over the weekend, bringing the number being treated statewide to 94, down dramatically from earlier in the year.
Of the 94 COVID-19 patients still being treated in Connecticut, officials noted that 28 (29.8 percent) were not fully vaccinated, a figure that continues dropping week-to-week.
Since the pandemic began in March 2020, there have been more than 10,700 virus-related deaths.
Nearly 15.5 million tests have been administered since the pandemic began in Connecticut, resulting in a total of 735,210 confirmed cases of the virus.
The latest breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in Connecticut since the beginning of the pandemic, by county on Monday, March 28:
- Fairfield: 201,183 (2,691 deaths);
- New Haven: 194,335 (2,796);
- Hartford: 176,101 (3,115);
- New London: 54,414 (648);
- Litchfield: 31,521 (454);
- Middlesex: 27,873 (478);
- Windham: 25,552 (298);
- Tolland: 20,353 (269);
- Unknown: 2,864 (10).
As of March 28, more than 3 million Connecticut residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and more than 2.7 million have completed the vaccination process. The state has also administered nearly 1.5 million booster shots.
A breakdown of which populations have received the most vaccines, by age group:
- 65+: >95 percent
- 55-64: >95 percent;
- 45-54: 91 percent;
- 35-44: 93 percent;
- 25-34: 89 percent;
- 18-24: 84 percent;
- 16-17: 88 percent;
- 12-15: 81 percent;
- 5-11: 47 percent.
A complete list of cases, by communities, can be found here by clicking and scrolling down.
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