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Covid-19: Positivity Rate Dips Below 11 Percent In CT, 31 New Deaths Reported

Zak Failla
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The COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut is back on the decline after spiking near 15 percent last month, though nearly three dozen new virus-related deaths were reported in the past week.

In the latest update on Thursday, June 2, the state Department of Public Health reported 31 more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total up to 11,072 since March 2020 at the outset of the pandemic.

In the past seven days, there have been more than 33,000 COVID-19 PCR and NAAT tests administered in Connecticut, according to health officials, resulting in 3,583 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus for an average seven-day positivity rate of 10.83 percent as the state sees slight relief after new infections spiked in early spring.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said that there have been 68 more COVID-19 patients discharged from Connecticut hospitals in the past week, leaving 311 being treated for the virus statewide.

Since the pandemic began, more than 14.56 million COVID-19 tests have been administered in Connecticut, resulting in a total of 879,141 confirmed cases.

The latest breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in Connecticut since the beginning of the pandemic, by county:

  • Fairfield: 221,966 (2,743 deaths);
  • New Haven: 212,774 (2,853);
  • Hartford: 195,774 (3,170);
  • New London: 60,462 (672);
  • Litchfield: 34,625 (464);
  • Middlesex: 31,883 (486);
  • Windham: 27,470 (306);
  • Tolland: 23,004 (278);
  • Unknown: 2,553 (1).

In Connecticut, 3,040,960 residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 2,745,474 have completed the initial vaccination process.

The state has also administered 1,546,519 first booster shots, while 248,848 are double boosted.

A breakdown of which populations have received the most vaccines, by age group on June 2:

  • 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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