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Latest Town-By-Town CT Coronavirus Cases As Numbers Rise

Connecticut officials released new details explaining why there was such a spike in coronavirus deaths.

CONNECTICUT — The number of coronavirus deaths reported by the state Department of Public Health rose to 69 Tuesday, up from 36 Monday.

Another 557 residents on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 3,128 cases. And 608 people have been hospitalized thus far.

Explaining the sudden spike in deaths from Monday to Tuesday

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In addition to the deaths related to COVID-19 that have been reported to the Department of Public Health (DPH), state officials said Tuesday that the revised numbers include deaths that have been reported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME).

On Tuesday, the OCME provided information on 14 additional coronavirus deaths that occurred March 17 to 29. There were 16 coronavirus deaths March 30 and three March 31. Moving forward, deaths reported to the either the OCME or DPH will be included in the daily COVID-19 update, state officials said.

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Nursing home testing results

Among 216 nursing homes in CT, 30 (14%) have had at least one confirmed case of COVID-19. A total of 85 nursing home residents with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases have been identified. Of those, 42 (49%) were hospitalized and 11 (13%) have died. See related: Coronavirus Deaths At CT Nursing Homes Lead To Action


Town-by-town numbers

Towns reporting the most cases include: Stamford, 401, Norwalk, 302, Danbury, 223, Greenwich, 149, and Westport, 120.

Towns still reporting no cases include: Andover, Barkhamsted, Brooklyn, Canaan, Canterbury, Chaplin, Colebrook, Hampton, Hartland, North Canaan, North Stonington, Plainfield, Putnam, Salem, Scotland, Sprague, Sterling, Union, Warren and Waterford.

These are coronavirus cases by community:

Andover 0
Ansonia 17
Ashford 1
Avon 10
Barkhamsted 0
Beacon Falls 3
Berlin 11
Bethany 1
Bethel 37
Bethlehem 4
Bloomfield 11
Bolton 2
Bozrah 1
Branford 19
Bridgeport 86
Bridgewater 2
Bristol 9
Brookfield 58
Brooklyn 0
Burlington 5
Canaan 0
Canterbury 0
Canton 1
Chaplin 0
Cheshire 18
Chester 1
Clinton 7
Colchester 2
Colebrook 0
Columbia 2
Cornwall 1
Coventry 4
Cromwell 5
Danbury 223
Darien 69
Deep River 3
Derby 9
Durham 1
East Granby 1
East Haddam 2
East Hampton 3
East Hartford 21
East Haven 13
East Lyme 2
East Windsor 2
Eastford 1
Easton 4
Ellington 2
Enfield 24
Essex 2
Fairfield 40
Farmington 15
Franklin 1
Glastonbury 12
Goshen 1
Granby 1
Greenwich 149

Griswold 1
Groton 2
Guilford 5
Haddam 1
Hamden 47
Hampton 0
Hartford 65
Hartland 0
Harwinton 4
Hebron 3
Kent 5
Killingly 2
Killingworth 1
Lebanon 2
Ledyard 2
Lisbon 2
Litchfield 3
Lyme 1
Madison 11
Manchester 23
Mansfield 1
Marlborough 2
Meriden 24
Middlebury 7
Middlefield 1
Middletown 19
Milford 17
Monroe 8
Montville 2
Morris 1
Naugatuck 9
New Britain 27
New Canaan 41
New Fairfield 30
New Hartford 3
New Haven 121
New London 2
New Milford 35
Newington 26
Newtown 33
Norfolk 1
North Branford 5
North Canaan 0
North Haven 9
North Stonington 0
Norwalk 302
Norwich 2
Old Lyme 1
Old Saybrook 5
Orange 7
Oxford 11
Plainfield 0
Plainville 7
Plymouth 2
Pomfret 1
Portland 3
Preston 1

Prospect 4
Putnam 0
Redding 16
Ridgefield 77
Rocky Hill 17
Roxbury 2
Salem 0
Salisbury 3
Scotland 0
Seymour 13
Sharon 3
Shelton 46
Sherman 4
Simsbury 7
Somers 4
South Windsor 9
Southbury 13
Southington 19
Sprague 0
Stafford 17
Stamford 401
Sterling 0
Stonington 2
Stratford 31
Suffield 9
Thomaston 7
Thompson 1
Tolland 9
Torrington 20
Trumbull 17
Union 0
Vernon 11
Voluntown 1
Wallingford 10
Warren 0
Washington 10
Waterbury 75
Waterford 0
Watertown 7
West Hartford 20
West Haven 38
Westbrook 2
Weston 29
Westport 120
Wethersfield 15
Willington 1
Wilton 49
Winchester 2
Windham 2
Windsor 20
Windsor Locks 4
Wolcott 5
Woodbridge 6
Woodbury 5
Woodstock 3

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