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CT Coronavirus Hospitalizations See Drop, But Deaths Remain High

Connecticut has had as many coronavirus deaths in the past week as it did in July, August and September combined.

Connecticut's coronavirus death rate has increased sharply.
Connecticut's coronavirus death rate has increased sharply. (Shutterstock)

CONNECTICUT — Two days isn’t a trend line, but Connecticut saw its second consecutive day of fewer net coronavirus hospitalizations after about a month of increases. Hospitalizations dropped by 41 patients down to 1,150 between Thursday and Friday. That follows Thursday’s decrease of 11.

What has unfortunately become a definitive trend is more coronavirus-related deaths. Another 35 deaths were reported Friday, which brought the state total up to 5,146. The coronavirus has killed more Connecticut residents than World War II, Korea and Vietnam wars combined.

There have been 185 coronavirus deaths reported in the past week, which is about as many deaths as July, August and September combined.

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There were another 1,538 positive cases reported Friday along with a daily positive test rate of 5.52 percent.

The towns with the most new reported cases in the past day are:

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  1. Bridgeport: 107
  2. New Haven: 85
  3. Hartford: 61
  4. Stamford: 54
  5. Waterbury: 54
  6. New Britian: 50
  7. Danbury: 39
  8. West Haven: 39
  9. Milford: 38
  10. Norwalk: 38

The towns with the most new reported cases since Nov. 26 are:

  1. Bridgeport: 1,033
  2. New Haven: 825
  3. Waterbbury: 751
  4. Hartford: 608
  5. Stamford: 608
  6. Danbury: 553
  7. Milford: 411
  8. New Britain: 404
  9. West Haven: 362
  10. Fairfield: 330


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