CT Coronavirus Positive Test Rate Highest Single-Day Level

CONNECTICUT — The latest coronavirus figures for Connecticut were a mixed bag of good and bad news. There was a large drop in hospitalizations, but the state also had its highest single-day positive test rate in months.

There was a net drop of 59 hospital patients between Tuesday and Wednesday, which brought the total number of people currently hospitalized for coronavirus to 1,167. Hospitalizations saw a rise in the first part of December, but they have returned to early December levels.

However, the state also reported around 1,700 new cases and a daily positive test rate of 9.14 percent. The positive test rate is the highest for a single day during the second coronavirus wave in Connecticut — it is however just a single day worth of data.

Connecticut has generally stayed between a five and seven percent daily positive test rate for a couple of weeks. What remains to be seen is how big of an impact holiday gatherings will have on the state’s coronavirus situation.

The state also reported another 40 coronavirus-related deaths, which brought the state total up to 5,964.

The towns with the largest number of new cases over the past week are:

1. Hartford: 718
2. Waterbury: 617
3. Stamford: 537
4. Bridgeport: 449
5. New Britain: 443
6. Danbury: 430
7. New Haven: 416
8. Meriden: 350
9. Norwalk: 348
10. East Hartford: 273