68 Connecticut Cities and Towns Now in COVID Red Zone, Ridgefield in Orange Zone

Editor's note: Ridgefield is currently in the "Orange" Zone with a rate per 100,000 household 11.1%.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health released its weekly COVID-19 Alert Map, which indicates that 68 cities and towns in Connecticut are now in the red zone alert level, the highest of the state’s four alert levels. They are:

·       Ansonia

·       Berlin*

·       Bethel*

·       Bethlehem*

·       Bozrah*

·       Bridgeport

·       Bristol*

·       Brookfield*

·       Brooklyn*

·       Chaplin*

·       Clinton*

·       Danbury

·       Derby*

·       East Granby*

·       East Hampton*

·       East Hartford

·       East Haven*

·       East Windsor*

·       Ellington

·       Franklin

·       Griswold

·       Groton

·       Hamden*

·       Hampton*

·       Hartford

·       Killingly

·       Ledyard*

·       Meriden*

·       Middlebury

·       Middlefield

·       Middletown*

·       Monroe*

·       Montville

·       Naugatuck*

·       New Britain

·       New Haven*

·       New London

·       Newington*

·       North Branford*

·       North Canaan

·       North Haven*

·       North Stonington*

·       Norwalk

·       Norwich

·       Plainfield

·       Plainville*

·       Plymouth*

·       Prospect*

·       Putnam*

·       Seymour*

·       Shelton*

·       Southington*

·       Sprague

·       Stamford

·       Stratford*

·       Thomaston*

·       Tolland*

·       Wallingford*

·       Waterbury

·       Waterford

·       Watertown

·       West Haven*

·       Wethersfield*

·       Windham

·       Windsor*

·       Wolcott

·       Woodbridge*

·       Woodbury*

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

The towns of Canterbury, Cromwell, Lisbon, and Old Saybrook were in the red zone last week and have been downgraded to the orange zone 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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Submitted by Ridgefield, CT

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