Wilton Coronavirus Alert Level Remains At 'Yellow' For 2nd Week

WILTON, CT — There is one less Connecticut town in the high coronavirus alert "red zone" this week, even as many towns in the southwest of the state are taking more time to turn the corner.

Where there are new infections in the Northeast, health officials are pointing towards the highly transmissible omicron subvariant BA.2. Health officials are predicting the new coronavirus flavor will be 50-60 percent more contagious than the original omicron variant, but with far less severe symptoms.

Wilton has remained at the "yellow" alert level, according to the latest weekly data from the state Department of Public Health. The town had 8.6 average daily cases per 100,000 residents and a positive test rate of 3.8 percent between Mar. 6-19, according to DPH.

But there were just 8.2 average daily cases per 100,000 residents in the previous two-week reporting period, and the test rate is down 0.3 percent from last week's numbers.

It's important to note that a few cases can have a large impact on a municipal case rate, especially for small towns.

In the schools, Middlebrook, Cider Mill School, Miller-Driscoll and Wilton High School each reported having fewer than six cases of COVID-19 among their student body from Mar. 17-23. All other schools in the Wilton School District reported zero infections during that time period, according to DPH.

As of Thursday, 65.4 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated. In Connecticut, 78.3 percent of residents have had both jabs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both the nation's and the state's vaccinated population climbed 0.1 percent from last week's tabulation. Just over half of Connecticut residents have received a booster shot against the coronavirus.

Wilton is ahead of the state curve, with 85.93 percent of its residents fully vaccinated, according to the latest DPH data.