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In his latest update on Monday, May 16, Connecticut Gov. Lamont said that in the past seven days, there have been more than 84,000 COVID-19 tests administered, resulting in 11,044 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus.
The average seven-day positive infection rate statewide now sits at 13.05 percent.
Fifty-five more COVID-19 patients were admitted to Connecticut hospitals, as the number being treated statewide rose to 331 over the past week.
More than 10,800 people have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began more than two years ago.
Since the pandemic began, more than 14.2 million COVID-19 tests have been administered in Connecticut, resulting in a total of nearly 850,000 confirmed cases.
The latest breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in Connecticut since the beginning of the pandemic, by county on May 16:
- Fairfield: 214,106 (2,733 deaths);
- New Haven: 205,522 (2,839);
- Hartford: 187,284 (3,157);
- New London: 58,138 (662);
- Litchfield: 33,423 (461);
- Middlesex: 30,049 (481);
- Windham: 26,643 (305);
- Tolland: 21,898 (274);
- Unknown: 2,397 (1).
A breakdown of which populations have received the most vaccines, by age group, according to the most recent update from the state Department of Public Health:
- 65+: >95 percent
- 55-64: >95 percent;
- 35-44: 94 percent;
- 45-54: 91 percent;
- 25-34: 90 percent;
- 16-17: 88 percent;
- 18-24: 85 percent;
- 12-15: 82 percent;
- 5-11: 49 percent.
A complete list of cases, by communities, can be found here by clicking and scrolling down.
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