According to the latest COVID-19 data from the state Department of Public Health, Danbury reported 98 cases in the last two weeks. Bethel has had 34 cases, there were 28 COVID cases in Brookfield, and New Fairfield reported 11.  There were 34 COVID cases in New Milford, 55in Newtown, Redding reported 18cases in the last two weeks while Ridgefield had 42. 

Case rates for the week ending February 19th range from 5.7 to 14.1, down from 10.3 to 33.5 per 100,000 population the week before. The lowest case rate is in New Fairfield and the highest is in Redding, based on population.    

The rates are:

New Fairfield 5.7

Danbury 8.3

New Milford 9.1

Brookfield 11.8

Ridgefield 12

Bethel 12.36

Newtown 14.1

Redding 14.1

COVID-19 infection rates for the Greater Danbury area range from 2.8 percent to 6.6 percent, down from 4.8 percent to 11.4 percent last week.  The lowest test positivity is in New Fairfield and the highest is in Redding.  At home COVID-19 test results are not reported to the state.  The rates are:

New Fairfield 2.8 percent 

Ridgefield 3.3 percent

New Milford 4.1 percent 

Danbury 4.2 percent 

Newtown 4.5 percent

Bethel 5.2 percent

Brookfield 5.4 percent

Redding 6.6 percent

The number COVID-associated deaths has grown by 119 since last Thursday.  The state is also reporting a breakthrough rate of COVID-19 infections among the state's fully vaccinated population of 6.44 percent. 

New state data released Thursday show there were 458 positive COVID cases reported to the state since Wednesday out of more than 11,000 tests.  The daily positivity rate was just under 4 percent.  The number of COVID hospitalizations dropped by 7, for a total of 248.  51.2-percent of those patients are not fully vaccinated. 

More than 3 million first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Connecticut.  The only age group in the state to increase their vaccination rate over last week is the 25 to 34 year old cohort, up 1 percent to 89-percent of that population with at least one dose.

Connecticut remains 4th in the nation when it comes to the percentage of the state's population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at 77.7 percent.  Rhode Island is first with 80.5 percent followed by Vermont at 80.1 percent, and then Maine at 78.3 percent.  Massachusetts round out the top 5 at 77.5 percent fully vaccinated.