COVID-19 Update – March 28, 2020 – 1,524 cases

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At 6 p.m. Saturday, state officials said there were 1,524 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Connecticut as of 12 p.m. Saturday, March 28. This is an increase of 233 cases over the 1,291 the day before at 1:30 p.m. The number of confirmed cases in Middlebury remained at 2.

The groups with the largest number of cases were ages 50 – 59 (326 cases) followed by ages 40 – 49 (231 cases) and ages 30 – 39 (230 cases).

The groups with the largest number of hospitalizations were ages 70-79 (46 cases) followed by ages 80 and older (42 cases) and ages 60 – 69 (42 cases).

Confirmed cases of COVID-19: 1,524

  • Fairfield County: 908
  • Hartford County: 228
  • Litchfield County: 65
  • Middlesex County: 28
  • New Haven County: 236
  • New London County: 19
  • Tolland Count: 37
  • Windham County: 3

The state reports 205 patients were hospitalized, and 33 have died. A state public health lab has tested 1,561 patients, and 238, or 15%, of those tested positive. Statewide, more than 10,200 tests have been reported.

Cases in Middlebury and abutting towns are: Middlebury – 2, Naugatuck – 7, Oxford – 5, Southbury – 7, Woodbury – 2, Watertown – 3, Waterbury – 38.

The 10 towns with the highest number of cases are:

  • Norwalk – 139
  • Danbury – 123
  • Westport  – 101
  • Stamford – 86
  • Greenwich – 79
  • Ridgefield – 59
  • New Haven – 53
  • Bridgeport – 42
  • Waterbury – 38
  • Brookfield – 35

Two new graphs added to the report Friday, March 27, show how many people per 100,000 in each age group are testing positive and how many people per 100,000 in each age group are being hospitalized.

The three highest rates of positive tests are ages 80 and older (75 cases per 100,000), ages 50 – 59 (62 cases per 100,000) and ages 70 – 79 (55 cases per 100,000).

The three highest rates of hospitalization are ages 80 or older (26 cases per 100,000), ages 70 – 79 (18 cases per 100,000) and ages 60 – 69 (10 cases per 100,000).

Read the entire report here.

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