The state Department of Public Health is providing an update on COVID-19 data for the Greater Danbury area.  According to the report for the two weeks ending April 16, there were 128 cases in Danbury, Bethel reported 66, Brookfield had 46 and New Fairfield 45. There were 61 COVID cases in New Milford, 64 in Newtown, Redding reported 22 cases while Ridgefield had 104. 

Case rates for the week ending April 16th range from 11 to 30, up from 8 to 25 cases per 100,000 population.
The rates are:

Danbury 10.8

New Milford 16.3

Newtown 16.4

Redding 17.2

Brookfield 19.4

New Fairfield 23.2

Bethel 23.8

Ridgefield 29.8

COVID-19 infection rates ticked up slightly from last week when they were 4.4 to 9.8 percent.  At home COVID-19 test results are not reported to the state. 
The rates are:

Danbury 5.9 percent

Newtown 7.2 percent

Ridgefield 7.9 percent

New Milford 8 percent

Brookfield 9.4 percent

Bethel 10.5 percent

Redding 10.6 percent

New Fairfield 11.1 percent

The number COVID-associated deaths in Connecticut has grown by 17 since last Thursday.  The state is also reporting a breakthrough rate of COVID-19 infections among the fully vaccinated population of 6.97 percent, up a bit from the week before.  The rolling 7-day average test positivity rate yesterday was 7.6  percent. The number of people in Connecticut hospitals testing positive over during that time increased by 37, for a total of 176.  33 percent of those patients are not fully vaccinated. 

All of the COVID-19 tests sent for genomic sequencing in Connecticut came back as a strain of the Omicron variant, according to the latest weekly report. BA.2 accounted for 81.6-percent of the samples tested. Testing was done for 18 subvariants.