Infection Rate Drops Below 10% + Latest Updates On CT COVID-19 Deaths, Hospitalizations

CONNECTICUT — A weekly report from the state Department of Public Health shows the coronavirus death toll trending in the right direction for the first time since early December.

COVID-19 claimed 225 lives in the Nutmeg State over the past seven days — 16 fewer than logged the week before — according to DPH

The Connecticut coronavirus death toll is currently 9,908. Cases of the omicron variant are typically milder and have proven less fatal.

DPH reported the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients in Connecticut has dropped to 1,270, down 76 beds overnight, and 650 since the start of the downward trend on Jan. 11.

According to data released Thursday, 45.9 percent of those hospitalized in Connecticut with COVID-19 are fully vaccinated. That percentage has been growing over the past several weeks.

Currently, the highest number of the hospitalized —431 — are in Hartford County.

COVID-19 infections in the state have once again dropped below 10 percent, a low not seen since the end of 2021.

The daily coronavirus positivity rate is a function of the number of tests compared to the number of cases confirmed positive each day. Overnight, 3,036 positive cases were logged, out of 31,201 tests taken. The numbers of tests and cases confirmed do not include those taken with at-home self-test kits.

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Instructions on how to get COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters in Connecticut are available online, as is a list of walk-up clinics sponsored by DPH.