Covid-19: CT Sees Increase In Hospitalizations; Brand-New Breakdown By Community, County

Dozens of new COVID-19 patients were administered to Connecticut hospitals over the weekend, as the state continues to contend with the “holiday surge” of new cases of the virus.

This map shows the average daily rate of new cases of COVID-19 by town during the past two weeks. Only cases among persons living in community settings are included in this map; the map does not include cases among people who reside in nursing home,
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Zak Failla

01/04/2021 5:30 p.m.

In his latest COVID-19 briefing, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said that there were 85,344 COVID-19 tests administered over the weekend, resulting in 4,516 new positive cases as the positive infection rate held steady at approximately 5.25 percent.

A total of 55 new COVID-19 patients were hospitalized for treatment of the virus, bringing the total to 1,111 in Connecticut. There were 69 newly confirmed virus-related deaths, bringing the total to 6,168 since the pandemic began last year.

The latest rundown of COVID-19 cases in Connecticut, by county, as of Monday, Jan. 4:

Fairfield: 57,467;
New Haven: 48,507;
Hartford: 47,726;
New London: 10,981;
Litchfield: 7,645;
Middlesex: 6,737;
Windham: 5,340;
Tolland: 5,033;
Unknown: 684.

A breakdown of COVID-19 cases by county and municipality, provided by the Connecticut Department of Health can be found here by clicking and scrolling down.

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