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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said that there were 23,994 COVID-19 tests administered on Tuesday, Aug. 31, resulting in 712 new laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus.
The 2.97 percent infection rate comes after days of the Department of Public Health recording rates exceeding 3 percent and peaking near 5 percent over the past month.
Three COVID-19 patients were discharged from Connecticut hospitals, leaving 360 still being treated for the virus across the state.
Officials noted that the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to be the dominant strain in Connecticut, now accounting for more than 85 percent of all new infections, officials noted. In the past week, the number of cases of the Delta variant is also up hundreds over the past several weeks.
Of the total new cases in recent weeks, health officials said there have been more than 7,000 breakthrough cases involving vaccinated individuals in Connecticut.
Connecticut continues to be among the country's leaders in administering the COVID-19 vaccine, ranking second nationally with more than 75 percent of the eligible population 12 years and old receiving at least one dose.
In total, more than 2.44 million COVID-19 first doses have been administered, while more than 2.4 million in Connecticut have completed the vaccination process.
The latest breakdown of confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases in Connecticut, by county, according to the state Department of Health on Wednesday, Sept. 1:
- Fairfield: 106,173 (11,255 per 100,000 residents);
- New Haven: 98,738 (11,552);
- Hartford: 90,924 (10,196);
- New London: 24,595 (9,274);
- Litchfield: 15,635 (8,670);
- Middlesex: 13,817 (8,506);
- Windham: 11,564 (9,902);
- Tolland: 10,363 (6,876).
A complete list of cases, by communities, can be found here by clicking and scrolling down.
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