COVID-19 Update – Thursday, April 8, 2021 – 319,779 cases

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NOTE: Reports are issued Mondays and Thursdays.

Report Highlights

  • Middlebury had 7 new confirmed cases and 6 new probable cases for the three days from Sunday, April 4, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 7
  • The cumulative number of cases (confirmed and probable) in Middlebury rose to 664 from 651, an increase of 13 cases, in the latest report from state health officials.
  • Middlebury’s rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 rose for a third time as of April 8, 2021, increasing to 35.1 cases per 100,000 for the period March 21, 2021, to April 3, 2021 (15 cases in week 1; 23 cases in week 2) from 24.9 cases per 100,000 for the period March 14, 2021, to March 27, 2021 (12 cases in week 1; 15 cases in week 2).
  • Middlebury reported no new deaths from COVID-19; total deaths remain at 19.

On Thursday, April 8, 2021, Connecticut state officials said from Sunday, April 4, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at 8:30 p.m., COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 319,779. This is an increase of 3,124 cases over three days. The state daily test positivity rate as of Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. was 2.41%, down from 3.28% Sunday, April 4, 2021, at 8:30 p.m.

On Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., 515 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, an increase of 31 patients since Sunday, and deaths numbered 7,940, an increase of 17 deaths.

Cumulative cases in Middlebury and abutting towns were: Middlebury – 592 confirmed (+7) and 72 probable (+6), Naugatuck – 2,954 confirmed and 285 probable, Oxford – 800 confirmed and 75 probable, Southbury – 1,167 confirmed and 192 probable, Woodbury – 535 confirmed and 63 probable, Watertown – 2,048 confirmed and 261 probable, and Waterbury – 13,452 confirmed and 1,348 probable.

This brief daily report focuses on the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Middlebury and its abutting towns. Readers interested in more information can click on the link below to the state’s daily report. The state publishes reports Monday through Friday. Thursday’s report is more detailed than those on other days.

Read the entire report here.

 

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