COVID Cases Drop As Over 72% Of Danbury Are Fully Vaccinated

DANBURY, CT — Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to trend lower as state health officials shifted their attention last week to relaxing local mask mandates.

The number of state residents hospitalized with the coronavirus tumbled below 500, to 467, on Friday. On the same day, the state Department of Public Health reported the state daily positivity rate was 4.94 percent.

Danbury had 26.7 average daily cases per 100,000 residents and a positive test rate of 10.8 percent between Jan. 23 and Feb. 5, according to DPH. There were 63 average daily cases per 100,000 residents in the previous two-week reporting period. It's important to note that a few cases can have a large impact on a municipal case rate, especially for small towns.

Danbury recorded 81 new coronavirus cases between Feb. 4-11, according to DPH's preliminary data.

State health officials reported the coronavirus virus claimed 136 lives in Connecticut over the past week — 39 fewer than logged the week before.

In Danbury, one more resident died from COVID-19 in the latest weekly reporting period, bringing the town's toll to 214 since the start of the pandemic.

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As of Sunday, 64.4 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated, while 76.9 percent of Connecticut residents have had both jabs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Danbury is behind the state curve slightly, with 72.88 percent of its residents fully vaccinated, according to the latest DPH data.