145 of Connecticut's 169 municipalities are in the red zone, the state's highest alert level for COVID-19 community spread. That means each town had 15 or more cases per 100,000 population in the last two weeks reported. Danbury is in the orange zone with 11 cases per 100,000 population. There were 131 cases reported to the state in the last two weeks, ending April 30th. The City's test positivity rate is 7-point-9 percent. All of the towns surrounding Danbury are in the red zone, except Sherman which is in the Yellow.
New Fairfield showed across the board COVID-19 statistic decreases this week, though the numbers are still elevated compared to a month or two ago. According to the latest report, Bethel reported 78, Brookfield had 49 and New Fairfield 48. There were 69 COVID cases in New Milford, 111 in Newtown, Redding reported 38 cases while Ridgefield had 110.
The state department of Public Health is reporting COVID-19 case rates for the Greater Danbury area held fairly steady from last week. Case rates for the week ending April 30th range 11 to 31. The lowest case rate is in Danbury and the highest is in Ridgefield, based on population.
The rates are:
Danbury 11
New Milford 18
Brookfield 20.6
New Fairfield 24.7
Bethel 28.1
Newtown 28.4
Redding 29.8
Ridgefield 31.5
The state department of Public Health is reporting COVID-19 infection rates for the Greater Danbury area ticked up slightly from last week, ranging from 8 to 17 percent. The lowest test positivity is in Danbury and the highest is in New Fairfield. At home COVID-19 test results are not reported to the state.
The rates are:
Danbury 7.9 percent
Newtown 10 percent
New Milford 10.1 percent
Brookfield 10.7 percent
Ridgefield 11.9 percent
Redding 13.9 percent
Bethel 15 percent
New Fairfield 17.2 percent
The CDC COVID-19 community level map has all 8 Connecticut counties in the medium or high categories. Fairfield and Litchfield counties are on the medium list. Residents are urged to stay up-to-date with vaccines and get tested if they have symptoms. Those at high risk for severe illness are encouraged to talk to their healthcare providers about when to wear a mask.
The number COVID-associated deaths in Connecticut has grown by 18 since last Thursday. The rolling 7-day average positivity rate was 10.35 percent. The number of people in Connecticut hospitals testing positive over during that time held steady since this time last week. Of the 233 positive patients, 35-percent are not fully vaccinated.
The state is also reporting a breakthrough rate of COVID-19 infections among the fully vaccinated population of 7.29 percent, up a bit from the week before. 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 about 96-percent of the samples tested. Testing was done for 20 subvariants.
