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CT Coronavirus: Cases and Deaths Climb, Hospitalizations Drop
Coronavirus cases and deaths are on the rise in Connecticut, even as hospitalizations dropped slightly.
CONNECTICUT — Patients hospitalized with the coronavirus dropped by four in the last 24 hours in the latest data provided by the state Department of Public Health. A total of 213 people are now hospitalized with COVID-19.
New cases are still on the rise, however. There were 416 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in the past 24 hours, increasing Connecticut's total to 64,871 since the pandemic began. Eight more patients have died, bringing the death toll in the state to 4,567. An additional 15,846 residents were tested in the past day.
Deidre Gifford, acting commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, said her agency is not surprised by the uptick. Computer models have long predicted a second wave of the virus and Gifford said the state is prepared.
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Nevertheless, infection rates in some municipalities are forcing some officials to contemplate rolling health restrictions back to phase 2 levels.
The following communities reported coronavirus infection rates north of 15 cases per 100,000 people — qualifying for the red, or high-risk, level for the spread of the virus: Danbury (15.2), Hartford (17.9), Windham (26.6), Canterbury (16.8), Griswold (17.9), Sprague (17.3), Norwich (50), Preston (16.9), Montville (16), East Lyme (15.3) and New London (46.9)
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The towns with the most new coronavirus cases reported over the last 24 hours are:
1. Norwalk: 38
2. Waterbury: 37
3. Danbury: 28
4. Hartford: 24
5. Bridgeport: 21
6. Stamford: 19
7. Norwich: 13
8. New London: 12
9. Groton: 10
10. Bristol: 9
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The towns with the most new cases reported over the past week are:
1. Norwalk: 181
2. Hartford: 177
3. Waterbury: 157
4. Stamford: 113
5. Norwich: 108
6. Bridgeport: 102
7. Danbury: 94
8. New London: 89
9. New Britain: 81
10. New Haven: 79
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