Only 26 Left: More CT Towns Drop From Coronavirus Red Zones

CONNECTICUT — Less than a week from the end of virtually every coronavirus restriction, the number of communities falling within the state's red alert level for infections has dropped to little more than a couple dozen. From 54 municipalities last week, the number of towns in the red zone is now just 26.

The Naugatuck valley area remains the widest area of scarlet, with other stubborn pockets around Waterbury, Meriden, and Bridgeport.

Towns fall into the red zone when average daily cases exceed 15 per 100,000 population over a two-week average. There are now 97 of 169 towns still in the red zone.

The color codes correspond to guidance from the state Department of Public Health about various activities.

Orange (10-14): Ansonia, Barkhamsted, Beacon Falls, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bristol, Burlington, Cromwell, Danbury, East Windsor, Enfield, Groton, Hebron, Lebanon, Litchfield, Manchester, Marlborough, Middlebury, Middletown, Naugatuck, New Milford, North Haven, Norwalk, Plainfield, Plainville, Putnam, Salem, Shelton, South Windsor, Southington, Stafford, Stamford, Torrington, Voluntown, Wallingford, Waterford, Watertown, Windham, Windsor and Windsor Locks

Yellow (5-9): Bethel, Branford, Brookfield, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Canton, Cheshire, Columbia, Coventry, Durham, East Hampton, East Lyme, Easton, Fairfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Greenwich, Haddam, Harwinton, Killingworth, Ledyard, Lisbon, Madison, Mansfield, Milford, Monroe, Montville, New Canaan, New Fairfield, New Hartford, Newington, Newtown, North Branford, Orange, Oxford, Redding, Ridgefield, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, Stonington, Suffield, Thompson, Tolland, Trumbull, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Wilton, Winchester and Woodstock

Gray (less than five): Andover, Ashford, Avon, Bethany, Bethlehem, Bozrah, Bridgewater, Canaan, Chaplin, Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Colebrook, Cornwall, Darien, Deep River, East Granby, East Haddam, Eastford, Ellington, Essex, Franklin, Granby, Griswold, Guilford, Hampton, Kent, Lyme, Middlefield, Norfolk, North Canaan, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Pomfret, Portland, Preston, Roxbury, Salisbury, Scotland, Sharon, Southbury, Sterling, Union, Warren, Washington, Westbrook, Weston, Westport, Willington, Woodbridge and Woodbury

There was one COVID-19-related death this past week in a nursing home, at Glastonbury Health Care Center, and one in the assisted living facility Maplewood at Southport.

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The number of Connecticut students infected with the coronavirus fell 140 cases in the past week, to 240, a 37 percent drop. The number of infections among school district staff also fell, by 20 cases, to 21.

The number of schools with students attending in-person fell by 29 percent, to 67.