The state department of Public Health is reporting COVID-19 case rates for the Greater Danbury area continue to fall. Case rates for the week ending February 12th range from 10.3 to 33.5 down from a range of 26.7 to 42.9 percent per 100,000 population the week before. The lowest case rate is in New Fairfield and the highest is in Bethel, based on population.    

The rates are:

New Fairfield 10.3

Danbury 15.9

New Milford 16.5

Ridgefield 18.3

Newtown 18.4

Brookfield 18.9

Redding 25.1

Bethel 33.5

The state department of Public Health is reporting COVID-19 infection rates for the Greater Danbury area ranging from 4.8 percent to 11.4 percent, down from a range of 6-and-a-half percent to 15 percent last week.  The lowest test positivity is in Ridgefield and the highest is in Bethel.  At home COVID-19 test results are not reported to the state.  The rates are:

Ridgefield 4.8 percent

Newtown 6.1 percent

New Fairfield 6.5 percent 

Danbury 6.7 percent 

New Milford 7 percent 

Brookfield 7.7 percent

Redding 9.8 percent

Bethel 11.4 percent

The number COVID-associated deaths in Connecticut has grown by 105 since last Thursday.  The state is also reporting a breakthrough rate of COVID-19 infections among the state's fully vaccinated population of 6.35 percent.  New state data released Thursday show there were 544 positive COVID cases reported to the state since Wednesday out of more than 11,000 tests. 

The daily positivity rate was 4.71 percent.  The number of COVID hospitalizations dropped by 15, for a total of 325.  47.4-percent of those patients are not fully vaccinated.  The state's positivity rate is about the same as last week and there are 200 fewer patients with COVID in the hospitals.