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In his latest update to begin the month of March, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said that the state administered nearly 11,000 COVID-19 tests on Tuesday, March 1, resulting in just 253 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus.
The 2.31 daily positivity rate is the lowest recorded in Connecticut in 2022, down from 2.42 percent the previous day.
In mid-January, the state saw the infection rate hovering above 20 percent before spiking near 25 percent.
After weeks of seeing the number of COVID-19 patients being treated in Connecticut hospitals dwindling, the Department of Public Health reported that there was one new case admitted for treatment, bringing the total up to 192 statewide.
Of the 192 patients, officials noted that 80 (41.7 percent) are not fully vaccinated.
According to the Department of Public Health, for the week beginning on Monday, Feb. 13, unvaccinated persons had a 2.9-times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 compared to an unvaccinated person. Unvaccinated people also had an 8.4-times greater risk of dying from the virus compared to vaccinated individuals.
More than 10,300 virus-related deaths have been reported since the pandemic began in March 2020.
The latest breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in Connecticut since the beginning of the pandemic, by county, as of Wednesday, March 2:
- Fairfield: 198,268 (2,638 deaths);
- New Haven: 190,141 (2,730);
- Hartford: 174,649 (3,015);
- New London: 53,576 (625);
- Litchfield: 31,243 (443);
- Middlesex: 27,371 (467);
- Windham: 25,383 (290);
- Tolland: 20,131 (260);
- Unknown: 2,797 (3).
As of March 2, more than 3 million Connecticut residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and nearly 2.7 million have completed the vaccination process. The state has also administered more than 1.4 million booster shots.
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;
- 45-54: 90 percent;
- 35-44: 93 percent;
- 25-34: 89 percent;
- 18-24: 84 percent;
- 16-17: 87 percent;
- 12-15: 80 percent;
- 5-11: 46 percent.
A complete list of cases, by communities, can be found here by clicking and scrolling down.
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