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According to the state Department of Public Health, the COVID-19 positivity rate and hospitalizations have risen over the past seven days amid the rise in cases across the country.
In the past seven days, the Department of Public Health has administered nearly 60,000 PCR and NAAT COVID-19 tests in Connecticut, resulting in 4,828 confirmed cases of the virus for an 8.09 percent positive infection rate.
Twenty-seven new COVID-19 patients were admitted into Connecticut hospitals as the number being treated for the virus rose to 188 statewide.
The latest breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in Connecticut since the beginning of the pandemic, by county:
- Fairfield: 206,776 cases (2,711 deaths);
- New Haven: 198,377 (2,817);
- Hartford: 179,841 (3,130);
- New London: 55,796 (657);
- Litchfield: 32,254 (456);
- Middlesex: 28,544 (480);
- Windham: 25,903 (302);
- Tolland: 20,932 (272).
According to state officials, as of April 22, more than 3 million Connecticut residents have received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while nearly 2.75 million have completed the vaccination process.
More than 1.6 million first and second booster shots have also been administered.
The latest breakdown of which populations have received the most vaccines, according to the Department of 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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