Bethel has been identified as an orange community based on the number of cases, meaning Bethel's rate of COVID-19 infection has risen above 10 new cases per day per 100,000 population.  First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker called it a troubling trend. Through contact tracing, health officials know the main sources of these increases in infection transmissions.  They include gatherings where people have become less diligent about distancing and mask-wearing, sporting events, and within families.  If the rate of infections continues to rise, Knickerbocker says the result may be that some restrictions that had recently been relaxed will need to be put back in place.  He says this virus does not care how much we trust our closest friends and family--if one person gets it, they will transmit it quickly to the rest of the group.