COVID rate tops 13%, 300 hospitalized in CT

Connecticut’s COVID positivity rate hit 13 percent Wednesday, according to state data.

COVID has been steadily rising in the state, with Hartford HealthCare’s chief epidemiologist Ulysses Shawdee Wu describing the spike earlier this week as a “Jersey shore wave” as opposed to a “Hawaiian Pacific coast wave.”

“The number’s haven't been spiking but they certainly have been rising,” Wu said.

On Wednesday, the state reported 9,311 new cases over the previous seven days out of 71,569 reported tests, a positivity rate of 13.01 percent.

The state also said Wednesday that 55 more patients had been in Connecticut hospitals with a COVID infection, a total of 300 statewide.