Latest Danbury Coronavirus Update: 1st Death Reported

DANBURY, CT — One Danbury resident has died from the new coronavirus, the state Department of Health reported on Wednesday afternoon. There are 63 confirmed cases of the virus in the city, according to the DPH.

"We expect there are more," Mayor Mark Boughton said in a livestream address on Facebook Wednesday, "because people who took the test in New York but live in Danbury" wouldn't be tracked by the Connecticut Department of Public Health.

In what was the worst single day of deaths attributed to the virus, Gov. Ned Lamont reported there are 875 confirmed cases, 106 hospitalized and 19 deaths. Fairfield County continues to see the majority of cases with 546 positive results; New Haven County has the second most at 127.

In neighboring Ridgefield, officials reported a third death due to the virus, and eight new positive cases reported in the past 24 hours.

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