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A tube containing a patient’s sample to be tested for COVID-19.
The Naugatuck Valley Health District announced six new local cases of COVID-19 since Monday, according to a report released Wednesday evening.
A comparison of the NVHD’s most recent reports show:
- One new positive test in Ansonia
- One new positive test in Derby
- One new positive test in Seymour
- One new positive test in Shelton
- Two new positive tests in Naugatuck
Since March, the NVHD has reported 1,821 positive tests with its jurisdiction (Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Naugatuck, not Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton).
Here is an age breakdown (by decade) of those 1,821 positive tests since March:
18.4 percent (336 cases) were age 80 and up
16.4 percent (299 cases) were between 50 and 59
13.3 percent (244 cases) were between 40 and 49
13.2 percent (241 cases) were between 60 and 69
13.1 percent (239 cases) were between 30 and 39
11.7 percent (214 cases) were between 20 and 29
9.4 percent (172 cases) were between 70 and 79
2.8 percent (52 cases) were between 10 and 19
1.3 percent (24 cases) were between birth to 9
According to the NVHD, 27 percent (483 people) of the positive tests since March were in nursing homes, assisted living facility, group homes, or similar institutions.
The NVHD has not reported a COVID-19 associated death since July 31.
Overall, the NVHD lists 209 laboratory confirmed COVID-19 associated deaths within its jurisdiction since March. The agency lists an additional 35 probable COVID-19 associated deaths.
Here is an age breakdown of the COVID-19 associated deaths (lab confirmed only) by decade:
66 percent (138) of the people were age 80 or up
21.5 percent (45) of the people were between 70 and 79
8.6 percent (18) were between 60 and 69
1.9 percent (4) were between 50 and 59
1.9 percent (4) were between 40 and 49
The complete NVHD report from Wednesday evening also includes town-by-town charts of positive cases and deaths reported since March. It is posted at the bottom of this story.
On the state level (click here for the official state COVID-19 info page), The CT Mirror reported that Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration is thinking about easing some of the COVID-19 restrictions that have been put in place.
Here are three paragraphs from The CT Mirror story:
Connecticut’s seven-day-average infection rate for much of the summer was below 1%.
After an August outbreak in Danbury and smaller surges in the vicinity of a Norwich nursing home and Central Connecticut State University, it popped above 1% in September but has remained below 1.5%. It stood at 1.2% through Wednesday.
By comparison, much of the Midwest, Rocky Mountain region and Deep South have been above 10% for months. Lamont has ordered visitors from these states to quarantine for two weeks.
Please click here to read the story.
According to the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 dashboard, there have been roughly 9,200 COVID-19 ‘recoveries’ in Connecticut, and almost 4,500 deaths.
Finally, for readers who enjoy searching databases and comparing data, the state has a wonderful COVID-19 resource here.
