Covid-19 Update – December 18, 2020 – 162,782 cases

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Report Highlights

  • Middlebury had 9 new confirmed cases and no new probable cases as of Thursday, December 17, at 8:30 p.m.
  • Middlebury has had 53 new confirmed cases since Thursday, December 10.
  • Middlebury had 85.9 cases per 100,000 for the period of Nov. 29 to Dec. 12 (51 cases in week 1; 42 cases in week 2), up from 62.8 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 for the period of Nov. 22 to Dec. 5.
  • The cumulative number of cases in Middlebury rose to 316 in the latest report from state health officials.
  • Middlebury reported no new deaths; they remain at 4.
  • The state daily test positivity rate as of Thursday, December 17, at 8:30 p.m., was 6.85%, up from 6.46% Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.

On Friday, December 18, 2020, Connecticut state officials said on Thursday, December 17, at 8:30 p.m., there were 162,782 COVID-19 cases in the state. This is an increase of 2,680 cases since Wednesday, December 16, at 8:30 p.m.

On Thursday at 8:30 p.m., 1,167 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, a decrease of 38 patients, and deaths numbered 5,581, an increase of 29 deaths.

Cumulative cases in Middlebury and abutting towns were: Middlebury – 291 confirmed (+9) and 25 probable (no new probable cases), Naugatuck – 1,528 confirmed and 92 probable, Oxford – 352 confirmed and 17 probable, Southbury – 577 confirmed and 38 probable, Woodbury – 282 confirmed and 13 probable, Watertown – 1,029 confirmed and 86 probable, and Waterbury – 7,550 confirmed and 509 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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