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On Monday, March 7, there were more than 52,000 COVID-19 tests administered in Connecticut, resulting in 1,191 confirmed cases of the virus for a 2.28 percent daily positivity rate.
Over the weekend, the state recorded more than 2,700 COVID-19 cases with a 2.81 percent positivity rate, Gov. Ned Lamont noted.
Six more COVID-19 patients were administered to Connecticut hospitals as the number being treated statewide rose to 151.
Of the 151 COVID-19 patients still being treated in Connecticut, officials noted that 68 (45 percent) were not fully vaccinated, a figure down from the previous week.
According to the Department of Public Health, for the week beginning on Monday, Feb. 20, unvaccinated persons had a 3.1-times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 compared to an unvaccinated person. Unvaccinated people also had a 17.5-times greater risk of dying from the virus compared to vaccinated individuals.
Since the pandemic began in March 2020, there have been more than 10,500 virus-related deaths.
More than 15.2 million tests have been administered since the pandemic began in Connecticut, resulting in a total of 728,733 confirmed cases of the virus.
The latest breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in Connecticut since the beginning of the pandemic, by county on Tuesday, March 8:
- Fairfield: 199,323 (2,645 deaths);
- New Haven: 192,053 (2,747);
- Hartford: 175,033 (3,042);
- New London: 53,884 (629);
- Litchfield: 31,306 (448);
- Middlesex: 27,515 (471);
- Windham: 25,430 (292);
- Tolland: 20,175 (263);
- Unknown: 2,823 (5).
As of March 8, more than 3 million Connecticut residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and more than 2.6 million have completed the vaccination process. The state has also administered nearly 1.5 million booster shots.
A breakdown of which populations have received the most vaccines, by age group:
- 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: 81 percent;
- 5-11: 47 percent.
A complete list of cases, by communities, can be found here by clicking and scrolling down.
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