COVID-19 cases appear to be on the rise again in Connecticut as state health officials warn of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.  While it spreads more easily than the Omicron variant, officials say it seems to have the same level of severity as Omicron. 

Southbury, Ridgefield, Wilton and Weston are in the Red Zone, the highest of four alert levels for community spread.  Each town had 15 or more cases per 100,000 population in the last two weeks reported, ending April 2nd. 

Bethel, Newtown, Easton and Redding are in the Orange with 10 to 14 cases per 100,000 population.  Brookfield, New Milford and New Fairfield are in the Yellow zone at 5 to 9 cases. 

There is again no state data for Danbury.  The latest information from the City's Department of Public Health is from March 13th through 26th.  At that time Danbury's test positivity rate was 1.7 percent. 

Little more than 75-percent of Danbury residents are fully vaccinated, about 86-percent have received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine.