Listeners Club

Forgot Password

Not a Member? Sign up here!

banner

Local Headlines

COVID-19 infections continue to decline in Greater Danbury area

According to the latest COVID-19 data from the state Department of Public Health, Danbury reported 59 cases in the last two weeks, Bethel had 24 cases, and 15 were reported in Brookfield.  There were 23 COVID cases in New Milford over the last two weeks, 41 in Newtown, Redding reported 7 cases, while Ridgefield had 24. 

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 26th range from 5 to 10 cases per 100,000 population, down slightly from 5.7 to 14 cases the week before. The lowest case rate is in Danbury and the highest is in Newtown, based on population.    

The rates are:

Danbury 5

Redding 5.5

New Milford 6.1

Brookfield 6.3

Ridgefield 6.9

Bethel 8.7

Newtown 10.5

COVID-19 infection rates for the Greater Danbury area range from 2.3 percent to 3.8 percent, down slightly from 2.8 to 6.6 percent last week.  The lowest test positivity is in Ridgefield and the highest is in Newtown.  At home COVID-19 test results are not reported to the state. 

The rates are:

Ridgefield 2.3 percent

Danbury 2.6 percent 

Redding 2.6 percent

Bethel 3.1 percent

Brookfield 3.4 percent

New Milford 3.5 percent 

Newtown 3.8 percent

New state data released Thursday show there were 589 positive COVID cases reported to the state since Wednesday out of more than 27,000 tests.  The daily positivity rate was 2.12 percent.  The number of COVID hospitalizations dropped by 21, for a total of 171.  39.8 percent of those patients are not fully vaccinated. 

The number COVID-associated deaths has grown by 72 since last Thursday. 

The state is also reporting a breakthrough rate of COVID-19 infections among the state's fully vaccinated population of 6.47 percent.  Compared to being vaccinated against COVID-19, being unvaccinated has a relative risk 9 times higher of being hospitalized with COVID and 14 times higher of dying of COVID, according to the state Department of Public Health.  Being unvaccinated has a 3 times higher risk of being infected with COVID.

Connecticut remains 4th in the nation when it comes to the percentage of the state's population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at 77.9 percent.  Rhode Island is first with 80.8 percent followed by Vermont at 80.2 percent, and then Maine at 78.4 percent.  Massachusetts round out the top 5 at 77.7  percent fully vaccinated. 

98.5 percent of COVID-19 tests sent for genomic sequencing in Connecticut came back as a strain of the Omicron variant, according to the latest weekly report.  A handful were identified as Delta, Alpha or Mu.

On Air Now

Red Eye Radio

Local Headlines