Deep River One of Only A Few Towns In CT Not In The Red Zone

DEEP RIVER, CT — According to a press release put out by the office of Governor Ned Lamont, the town of Deep River is one of only a handful of towns in the state that are not currently in the red zone for positive Coronavirus cases.

"The Connecticut Department of Public Health released its weekly COVID-19 Alert Map on Thursday, February 11, which indicates that 155 of 169 towns and cities in Connecticut are currently in the red zone alert level, the highest of the state’s four alert levels.
The only municipalities in the state that are not in the red zone this week are:

• Barkhamsted, Deep River, Kent, Redding, and Salisbury, all of which are in the orange alert level; and
• Bridgewater, Canaan, Cornwall, Hartland, Lyme, Norfolk, Scotland, Union, and Warren, all of which are in the gray alert level.

The color-coded zones include:

• Red: Indicates case rates over the last two weeks of greater than 15 per 100,000 population
• Orange: Indicates case rates between 10 to 14 cases per 100,000 population
• Yellow: Indicates case rates between 5 and 9 per 100,000 population
• Gray: Indicates case rates lower than five per 100,000 population

The COVID-19 Alert Map is updated every Thursday afternoon and can be found in the Data Tracker page of the state’s coronavirus website at ct.gov/coronavirus."