
The City of Ansonia was placed into the COVID-19 “red alert” category, state officials announced Thursday.
The state recently created a color-coded map reflecting two-week COVID-19 positivity rates per 100,000 people. Any town that has a positivity rate of 15 percent or higher is placed in the “red” zone.
The maps are released by the state every Thursday. Click here then scroll down for the latest map.
The “red” designation gives town leaders the ability to go back to “phase 2” regulations in terms of COVID-19 of capacity in restaurants and other places. Right now the state is in “phase 3” of its COVID-19 reopening plan.
Click here for the specific rules on the phased openings.
See the color-coded chart below for more information about what the “red” designation involves.
Ansonia’s rate, according to the state, was 19.5 per 100,000 people. That covers two weeks, from Oct. 11 through Oct. 24. There were 14 cases in Ansonia in “week one” and 37 cases in “week two.”
Derby was moved into the “orange” zone under the state’s designation. The city also has permission to rollback to a “phase 2” opening, if city leaders choose to do so. Derby’s rate is 12.6 per 100,000 people. That is only 22 cases between Oct. 11 through Oct. 24.
The number of times in the “red” increased from 19 to 30 towns since last Thursday. There are 53 towns/cities in the “orange” zone, according to Gov. Ned Lamont.
Seymour remained in the “orange” zone, with a rate of 14.3 per 100,000 people. Seymour’s rate did not change from last Thursday, when the data was first released.
Click here for Thursday’s complete COVID-19 report from the state.

The color-coded map comes as Connecticut hit a 6.1 daily positivity rate Thursday.
“6.1 percent is like a gut punch,” Lamont said during a press conference Thursday.
Lamont warned that the state is experiencing a second COVID-19 wave.
“Let’s take this seriously and re-double our efforts to keep our families and neighbors safe,” state Rep. Kara Rochelle, D‑Ansonia, said in a Facebook post. “Wear a mask, wash your hands, watch your distance.”