COVID-19 positivity increases to 3%
Hospitalizations drop for second day
Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate reached its highest point in more than three months Wednesday, rising to nearly 3%. Hospitalizations dropped for the second day in a row.
Gov. Ned Lamont said the concerning spike in transmission of the virus may force the state to impose restrictions in some parts of Connecticut with higher positivity.
“Look what’s happened in the last two weeks, and look at how this variant is accelerating and look at how our infection rate went up to almost 3% in today’s numbers,’’ Lamont told reporters Wednesday.
Positivity rate
Connecticut on Wednesday reported 391 COVID-19 cases out of 13,223 tests, for a positivity rate of 2.96%, its highest since April 20 when the positivity rate was 3.5%.
As of Wednesday, the state had recorded a seven-day positivity rate of 2.38%, highest in a seven-day period since late April.
The state Department of Public Health has not released how many cases are from vaccinated residents. People hospitalized with COVID-19 are overwhelmingly the unvaccinated.
Hospitalizations
Connecticut recorded 103 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, a decrease of two since Tuesday. The number of hospitalizations has dropped by five since Monday.
Deaths
Connecticut will report its death toll every Thursday. Its last recorded total number of deaths was 8,286.
The U.S. has now recorded 611,488 COVID-19 deaths, according to the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University.
Vaccination
As of Tuesday, 69.5% of all Connecticut residents and 79.7% of those 12 and older have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, while 63% of all residents and 72.3% of those 12 and older are fully vaccinated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.