Connecticut COVID update: additional 2,353 cases, 145 cities and towns now in Red Zone

As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2020:

Data updates on testing in Connecticut

The following is a summary of the day-to-day newly reported data on cases, deaths, and tests in Connecticut. It is important to note that these newly reported updates include data that occurred over the last several days to a week. All data in this report are preliminary, and data for previous dates will be updated as new reports are received and data errors are corrected.

Overall Summary

Total

Change Since Yesterday

COVID-19 Cases (confirmed and probable)

99,381

+2,353

COVID-19 Tests Reported (molecular and antigen)

2,890,524

+36,339

Daily Test Positivity

 

6.48%

Patients Currently Hospitalized with COVID-19

840

+24

COVID-19 Associated Deaths

4,805

+21

County-by-county breakdown:

County

COVID-19 Cases

COVID-19 Deaths

COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Confirmed

Probable

Confirmed

Probable

Fairfield County

30,431

2,636

1,142

324

248

Hartford County

23,322

1,384

1,217

331

195

Litchfield County

3,232

268

135

21

15

Middlesex County

2,861

164

158

39

20

New Haven County

22,915

1,818

1,010

170

310

New London County

5,101

155

120

42

44

Tolland County

2,337

236

56

15

1

Windham County

2,078

40

24

1

7

Pending address validation

348

55

0

0

0

Total

92,625

6,756

3,862

943

840

For several additional graphs and tables containing more data, including a list of cases in every municipality, visit ct.gov/coronavirus and click the link that is labeled, “COVID-19 Data Tracker.”

Weekly update on the impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes and assisted living facilities

The following documents contain the weekly data regarding each of the nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Connecticut that have reported positive cases of COVID-19 among their residents. The data is presented as it was reported to the state by each of the facilities. If a facility is not listed, that means it is reporting that it does not have any residents who have tested positive.

Weekly update of the Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Alert Map: One hundred and forty-five municipalities now in red

The Connecticut Department of Public Health today released its weekly COVID-19 Alert Map, which indicates that 145 cities and towns in Connecticut are now in the red zone alert level, the highest of the state’s four alert levels. They are:

  • Andover*
  • Ansonia
  • Ashford*
  • Beacon Falls
  • Berlin
  • Bethany*
  • Bethel
  • Bethlehem
  • Bloomfield
  • Bozrah
  • Branford
  • Bridgeport
  • Bristol
  • Brookfield
  • Brooklyn
  • Burlington*
  • Canterbury*
  • Chaplin
  • Cheshire
  • Chester*
  • Clinton
  • Colchester*
  • Coventry*
  • Cromwell
  • Danbury
  • Darien*
  • Deep River
  • Derby
  • Durham
  • East Granby
  • East Haddam*
  • East Hampton
  • East Hartford
  • East Haven
  • East Lyme*
  • East Windsor
  • Easton
  • Enfield*
  • Essex
  • Fairfield
  • Farmington*
  • Franklin
  • Glastonbury*
  • Goshen
  • Greenwich
  • Griswold
  • Groton
  • Guilford*
  • Haddam*
  • Hamden
  • Hampton
  • Hartford
  • Harwinton*
  • Hebron*
  • Kent*
  • Killingly
  • Killingworth
  • Lebanon*
  • Ledyard
  • Lisbon*
  • Litchfield*
  • Madison*
  • Manchester
  • Mansfield*
  • Marlborough*
  • Meriden
  • Middlebury
  • Middlefield
  • Middletown
  • Milford
  • Monroe
  • Montville*
  • Morris*
  • Naugatuck
  • New Britain
  • New Canaan
  • New Fairfield
  • New Hartford*
  • New Haven
  • New London
  • New Milford
  • Newington
  • Newtown
  • North Branford
  • North Canaan*
  • North Haven
  • North Stonington
  • Norwalk
  • Norwich
  • Old Lyme*
  • Old Saybrook*
  • Orange
  • Oxford
  • Plainfield
  • Plainville
  • Plymouth
  • Pomfret*
  • Portland
  • Preston
  • Prospect
  • Putnam*
  • Redding
  • Ridgefield*
  • Rocky Hill
  • Roxbury*
  • Salem*
  • Salisbury*
  • Seymour
  • Shelton
  • Sherman
  • Somers*
  • South Windsor*
  • Southbury
  • Southington
  • Sprague
  • Stamford
  • Sterling*
  • Stonington*
  • Stratford
  • Suffield*
  • Thomaston
  • Tolland
  • Torrington
  • Trumbull
  • Vernon*
  • Wallingford
  • Washington
  • Waterbury
  • Waterford
  • Watertown
  • West Hartford
  • West Haven
  • Westbrook
  • Weston
  • Westport
  • Wethersfield
  • Willington
  • Wilton
  • Windham
  • Windsor
  • Windsor Locks
  • Wolcott
  • Woodbridge*
  • Woodbury
  • Woodstock*

*Newly added to the red-level alert list this week

There are no municipalities in the state that were in the red zone last week and were downgraded to a lower alert level this week.

The red zone indicates municipalities that have an average daily COVID-19 case rate over the last two weeks of greater than 15 per 100,000 population. The orange zone indicates those that have case rates between 10 to 14 cases per 100,000 population. The yellow zone indicates municipalities that have case rates between 5 and 9 per 100,000 population, and those indicated in gray have case rates lower than five per 100,000 population.

The weekly alert map is also accompanied by a chart that provides guidance on recommended actions based on the alert levels for individual residents; institutions such as schools, houses of worship, and community organizations; as well as municipal leaders and local health directors.

The Department of Public Health will be working with individual cities and towns in the higher-alert levels, including their local health departments, to provide community resources and help make community-level decisions.

The COVID-19 Alert Map is updated every Thursday around 4:00 p.m. and can be found in the Data Tracker page of the state’s coronavirus website at ct.gov/coronavirus.

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