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In the latest update on Thursday, May 19, the state Department of Public Health reported 39 more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total up to 11,022 since March 2020.
In the past seven days, there have been nearly 70,000 COVID-19 PCR and NAAT tests administered in Connecticut, according to health officials, resulting in 9,751 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus for an average seven-day positivity rate of 14 percent, up slightly from the rest of the week.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said that there have been 78 new COVID-19 patients admitted to Connecticut hospitals in the past week, leaving 369 being treated for the virus statewide.
Since the pandemic began, more than 14.42 million COVID-19 tests have been administered in Connecticut, resulting in a total of 862,822 confirmed cases.
In Connecticut, 3,041,632 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, with 2,739,686 completing the initial process. The state has also administered 1,529,269 first booster shots, while 207,418 have also been boosted a second time.
A breakdown of which populations have received the most vaccines, by age group on May 19:
- 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.
The latest breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in Connecticut since the beginning of the pandemic, by county:
- Fairfield: 217,444 (2,735 deaths);
- New Haven: 208,833 (2,842);
- Hartford: 191,282 (3,158);
- New London: 59,107 (662);
- Litchfield: 33,969 (462);
- Middlesex: 30,074 (482);
- Windham: 27,033 (305);
- Tolland: 22,490 (275);
- Unknown: 2,483 (1).
A complete list of cases, by communities, can be found here by clicking and scrolling down.
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