Connecticut reported fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding 8,851 new cases. That’s down 51. 3% from last week’s tally of 18,156 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Connecticut ranked 21st among the states where the coronavirus spread the fastest according to the same time, according to research data from Johns Hopkins University’s USA TODAY Network. Over the past week, coronavirus cases in the U. S. have been reported. with 702,236 cases reported. With 1. 07 percent of the nation’s population, Connecticut recorded 1. 26 percent of the nation’s cases last week. Nationwide, 32 states have had more cases in the past week than in the past week.
New London County has reported 709 and six deaths in the past week. A week earlier, it had reported 1,311 and no deaths. During the pandemic, it has reported 60,158 and 668 deaths.
Windham County has reported 232 and no deaths in the past week. A week earlier, he had reported 484 and no deaths. Throughout the pandemic, it has reported 27,359 and 305 deaths.
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Across Connecticut, cases fell in 8 counties, with the most productive drops in Hartford County, from 2183 cases to 4965 the week before; in New Haven County, with 2090 cases out of 4325; and Fairfield County, with 2457 out of 4434 instances.
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Connecticut ranked third among states in the percentage of other people who received at least one vaccine, with 95. 6% of its population at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 77. 7%, according to USA TODAY research using CDC data. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are the most widely used in the United States, require two doses administered within a few weeks of each other.
In the week ending Wednesday, Connecticut said it administered an additional 41,814 doses of the vaccine, 6,208 first doses. Last week, the state administered 48,236 doses of the vaccine, 7,082 first doses. Overall, Connecticut reported administering a total of 7,633,043 doses.
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In Connecticut, the worst weekly outbreaks per user occurred in Middlesex County with 314 cases per 100,000 per week; New London County with 267; and Fairfield County with 260. The Centers for Disease Control says the highest levels of network transmission start at 100 instances per 100,000 per week.
Fairfield County, with 2457 instances, added the maximum number of new instances overall; Hartford County, with 2183 instances; and New Haven County, with 2,090.
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In Connecticut, another 15 people were reported to have died from COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. Last week, another 12 people died.
A total of 806,467 more people in Connecticut have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and another 10,941 people have died from the disease, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In the United States, 83,984,644 more people tested positive and 1,004,733 more people died.
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Hospitals in 34 states reported more COVID-19 patients than the previous week, while hospitals in 33 states had more COVID-19 patients in broad care beds. Hospitals in 35 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the past week than the week before. according to USA TODAY’s research on U. S. fitness and human data. USA
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