COVID-19 Update – Monday, March 22, 2021 – 299,667 cases

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NOTE: Reports are issued Mondays and Thursdays.

Report Highlights

  • Middlebury had 5 new confirmed cases and no new probable cases for the four days from Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Sunday, March 21, 2021, at 8:30 p.m.
  • Middlebury reported no new deaths from COVID-19; total deaths remain at 19.
  • The cumulative number of cases (confirmed and probable) in Middlebury rose to 614 from 609 in the latest report from state health officials.
  • Middlebury’s rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 dropped by more than 10 as of March 18, 2021, decreasing to 16.6 cases per 100,000 for the period Feb. 28, 2021, to March 13, 2021 (11 cases in week 1; 7 cases in week 2) from 26.8 cases per 100,000 for the period Feb. 21, 2021, to March 6, 2021 (17 cases in week 1; 12 cases in week 2).

On Monday, March 22, 2021, Connecticut state officials said from Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Sunday, March 21, 2021, at 8:30 p.m., COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 299,667. This is an increase of 4,183 cases over four days. The state daily test positivity rate as of Sunday, March 21, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. was 3.59%, up from 2.76% Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at 8:30 p.m.

On Sunday at 8:30 p.m., 389 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, an increase of 5 patients since Wednesday, and deaths numbered 7,841, an increase of 19 deaths.

Cumulative cases in Middlebury and abutting towns were: Middlebury – 559 confirmed (+5) and 55 probable (no change), Naugatuck – 2,725 confirmed and 249 probable, Oxford – 741 confirmed and 53 probable, Southbury – 1,096 confirmed and 136 probable, Woodbury – 491 confirmed and 53 probable, Watertown – 1,890 confirmed and 219 probable, and Waterbury – 12,481 confirmed and 1,081 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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