CT Coronavirus Positive Test Rate Drops Below 1 Percent Friday

CONNECTICUT — Connecticut saw its daily coronavirus positive test rate sink below 1 percent for the first time since Sept. 8 on Friday. The state reported 115 positive results out of 13,666 results for a .84 percent positive rate. However, the state also hit another grim milestone as two new coronavirus-related deaths pushed the state total to 4,501.

Coronavirus-related Hospitalizations increased by a net of four patients up to 76.

Gov. Ned Lamont said at a Friday news conference that the lower positivity rate Friday was good news, but that people shouldn't take it as a sign to become complacent.

Teens and young adults continued to make up for the greatest share of new coronavirus cases in Connecticut. Around 21.5 percent of cases between Sept. 14 and 24 were among people between 20 and 29 years old, 15.8 percent were between 30 and 39 years old and 15.4 percent were for people between 10 and 19 years old, according to data from the state Department of Public Health.

The largest single-day increase in case counts by town are:

1. Danbury: 11
2. Hartford: 7
3. Waterbury: 7
4. Windham: 6
5. Stamford: 5

The largest increases in case counts between Sept. 14 and 24 by town are:

1. Danbury: 139
2. Hartford: 124
3. Waterbury: 87
4. New Britain: 72
5. Norwich: 66