Updates On COVID-19 Red Zones, Vaccination Rates In Connecticut

CONNECTICUT — The number of Connecticut towns in the COVID-19 red zone has dropped one from last week, to 91, in the most recent data released from the state Department of Public Health.

The color codes correspond to guidance from the health department. Populations in the red zone have reported 15 or more cases per 100,000 people over a two-week average.

Those communities in the orange zone, which have 10-14 cases per 100,000 people over a two-week average, are Avon, Bethel, Branford, Brookfield, Burlington, Canton, Cheshire, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, Danbury, Darien, East Lyme, Ellington, Fairfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Groton, Guilford, Hamden, Killingly, Madison, Middlefield, New Canaan, New Milford, Pomfret, Portland, Redding, Ridgefield, Simsbury, South Windsor, Stamford, Stonington, Suffield, Thomaston, Tolland, Vernon, Washington, West Hartford, Westbrook, Weston, Wethersfield, Willington, Wilton, Windham, Windsor and Windsor Locks.

One zone down in the yellow zone are Bolton, Brooklyn, Chester, Clinton, Harwinton, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Salem, Thompson, Westport and Winchester. These municipalities have reported five to nine cases per 100,000 people over a two-week average.

In the gray zone with fewer than five cases per 100,000 people over two weeks are Andover, Ashford, Barkhamsted, Bridgewater, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Deep River, Eastford, Granby, Haddam, Hartland, Kent, Lyme, Mansfield, Morris, Norfolk, Roxbury, Scotland, Sterling and Warren.

All other towns and cities are in the state's red zone.

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As of Thursday, Connecticut residents who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 by age group includes 98 percent of those over the age of 65, 88 percent of those between 55-64, 79 percent of those between 45-54, 78 percent of those between 35-44, 70 percent of those between 25-34, 66 percent of those between 18-24, 75 percent of those between 16-17 and 64 percent of those between 12-15.

Vaccinations of the youngest, and now most crucial, eligible age tier, residents 12-15, are up nearly two-and-a-half percentage points from last week, as last week's numbers were 2 points higher from the week before. Vaccinations for the next youngest, and school age tier, 16-24, slowed to just about a one point increase. Other age tiers continue to edge up around a point or less a week.

Sixteen COVID-19-associated deaths were reported in the state's nursing homes from Aug. 18-31, and four of those occurred among residents at Maple View Health and Rehabilitation Center in Rocky Hill, according to a bi-weekly report issued Thursday by DPH.

Vaccination rates vary widely across the state, with the western portion of Connecticut being much more thoroughly inoculated than the eastern population.