Latest Ridgefield Coronavirus Update: 137 Active Cases

RIDGEFIELD, CT — The Connecticut Department of Public Health has confirmed there are 137 active cases of the virus in Ridgefield as of Saturday.

Director of Emergency Management Dick Aarons requests that people who are wearing gloves, learn the proper way to remove and discard of the gloves.

"Gloves should not be tossed in parking lots or on sidewalks but should be discarded in trash bins or taken home to discard," Aarons said in a statement. More information on the proper method to remove gloves is available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

Connecticut saw a drop in the net number of coronavirus-related hospitalizations between Friday and Saturday. There are 1,938 patients in the hospital, which was a drop of eight.

"For the first time since the start of this pandemic, today we saw the number of COVID-19 positive patients in our hospitals decline," Gov. Ned Lamont said in a statement. "This is providing us with some hope, and is a sign that our social distancing measures are having an impact."

The state saw another 50 coronavirus related deaths and 741 more positive cases out of 2,751 tested. There have been 17,550 total lab-confirmed cases and 1,086 deaths.