CONNECTICUT — Since the coronavirus pandemic began in March Connecticut has reported 172,743 confirmed and probable cases, including an additional 2,038 cases in its last report which was issued on Christmas Eve.
A total of 4.1 million cases have been administered in Connecticut. On Christmas Eve the positivity rate was 5.43 percent and the number of hospitalizations increased by 45 to 1,200. On Aug. 16, there were just 42 coronavirus-related hospitalizations.
The number of new deaths reported was 55 and the total since the pandemic began is 5,791.
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County-by-county breakdown of current COVID-19 hospitalizations:
Fairfield County: 297
Hartford County: 389
Litchfield County: 22
Middlesex County: 47
New Haven County: 354
New London County: 68
Tolland County: 2
Windham County: 21
Number of cases per county:
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Fairfield: 53,101
New Haven: 44,131
Hartford: 43,253
New London: 9,645
Litchfield: 7,004
Middlesex: 5,874
Windham: 5,491
Tolland: 4,497
COVID-19 cases by age group:
20-29: 29,549
30-39: 26,718
50-59: 26,581
40-49: 24,208
60-69: 18,735
10-19: 16,591
80 and older: 11,699
70-79: 10,710
0-9: 7,910
COVID-19 deaths by age group:
80 and older: 3,422
70-79: 1,273
60-69: 726
50-59: 251
40-49: 84
30-39: 26
20-29: 7
10-19: 1
0-9: 1
Here are the latest numbers as reported by the state Department of Public Health:
