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In the latest COVID-19 update released by the state Department of Health, there were 61,112 tests administered over the weekend, resulting in 1,097 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus for a 1.80 percent positive infection rate of those tested.
Four new patients were admitted to Connecticut hospitals with new COVID-19 cases, leaving 241 still being treated for the virus statewide.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, there have been a total of 11.2 million COVID-19 tests administered in Connecticut, which led to a total of 392,163 confirmed cases.
As of last week, more than 325 patients were still being treated for COVID-19.
The Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to be the dominant strain in Connecticut, now accounting for more than 96 percent of all new infections, officials noted.
A breakdown of which populations have received the most vaccines, by age group in the latest update:
- 65+: 97 percent
- 55-64: 90 percent;
- 45-54: 81 percent;
- 35-44: 81 percent;
- 25-34: 73 percent;
- 18-24: 69 percent;
- 16-17: 78 percent;
- 12-15: 68 percent.
The latest breakdown of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases in Connecticut, by county, according to the state Department of Health on Monday, Oct. 4:
- Fairfield: 110,458 (11,709 per 100,000 residents);
- New Haven: 102,740 (12,020);
- Hartford: 95,624 (10,724);
- New London: 26,428 (9,965);
- Litchfield: 16,515 (9,158);
- Middlesex: 14,465 (8,905);
- Windham: 12,540 (10,738);
- Tolland: 10,967 (7,276).
A complete list of cases, by communities, can be found here by clicking and scrolling down.
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