CT Coronavirus Infection Rate Stays Low As The Vaccine Rolls Out

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CONNECTICUT — Coronavirus vaccination administrations across the country have picked up speed over the past couple of weeks and Connecticut continues to be near the head of the pack on a per capita rate.

The Nutmeg State has managed to get the vaccine to enough of the elderly and COVID-fragile population that Gov. Ned Lamont has set decided to lift most business capacity restrictions in the next two weeks. That places Connecticut in an extremely exclusive club.

Lamont indicated Thursday that the state can keep the capacity restrictions in check only if COVID-19 hospitalizations stay low. For that metric, at least, it's been a very good week.

Five more beds were freed up on Thursday, bringing the total number of patients hospitalized with the virus to 428.

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Another key metric that will determine if restaurants can stop counting heads is the coronavirus positivity rate. As with the hospitalizations number, that too has been blissfully low the past seven days. On Thursday, the Department of Public Health tracked it at just 1.84 percent.

Another 830 coronavirus cases were confirmed, bringing the state total to 285,330. The death toll now stands at 7,704, with another 11 COVID-19-associated deaths reported.