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Covid-19: Positivity Rate Stays Above 10 Percent In CT, 18 New Deaths Reported

The positive COVID-19 infection rate continues to rise in Connecticut, which reported nearly two dozen new deaths in the past week.

This map shows the distribution of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and tests since the beginning of the pandemic. Darker colors indicate towns with more cases.

This map shows the distribution of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and tests since the beginning of the pandemic. Darker colors indicate towns with more cases.

Photo Credit: ct.gov
This map shows the average daily rate of new cases of COVID-19 by town during the past two weeks

This map shows the average daily rate of new cases of COVID-19 by town during the past two weeks

Photo Credit: ct.gov

In the latest update on Thursday, May 5, the state Department of Public Health reported 18 more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total up to 10,858 since March 2020.

In the past seven days, there have been more than 62,000 COVID-19 PCR and NAAT tests administered in Connecticut, according to health officials, resulting in 6,420 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus for a 10.35 percent positivity rate, up slightly from the previous day.

Last week, the average seven-day positive infection rate was below 7 percent.

No new COVID-19 patients were admitted or discharged from Connecticut hospitals as the number being treated sits at 233 statewide.

Since the pandemic began, more than 14.1 million COVID-19 tests have been administered in Connecticut, resulting in a total of 827,243 confirmed cases.

A breakdown of which populations have received the most vaccines, by age group on May 5: 

  • 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: 210,120 (2,721 deaths);
  • New Haven: 201,354 (2,825);
  • Hartford: 182,983 (3,135);
  • New London: 56,880 (659);
  • Litchfield: 32,799 (459);
  • Middlesex: 29,117 (480);
  • Windham: 26,234 (304);
  • Tolland: 21,361 (274);
  • Unknown: 2,301 (1).

A complete list of cases, by communities, can be found here by clicking and scrolling down.

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