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NOTE: Governor Lamont announced daily summaries may end today, May 24, 2021. Our understanding is the state will continue collecting data but will not share it online daily as it has been doing.
Report Highlights
- Middlebury had one more confirmed case and no more probable cases for the four days from Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Sunday, May 23, 2021, at 8:30 p.m.
- The cumulative number of cases (confirmed and probable) in Middlebury rose to 715 in the latest report from state health officials, an increase of one case.
- Middlebury reported no new deaths from COVID-19; total deaths remain at 19.
- In a May 20, 2021, report Middlebury’s rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 fell to zero for the first time since last year. The rate decrease was for the period May 2 to May 15, 2021. This compares to 10.1 cases per 100,000 for the period April 25 to May 8, 2021, (7 cases in week 1; 4 cases in week 2).
On Monday, May 24, 2021, Connecticut state officials said from Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Sunday, May 23, 2021, at 8:30 p.m., COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 346,711. This is an increase of 557 cases over four days. The state daily test positivity rate as of Sunday, May 23, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. was 0.9%, down from 0.93% Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at 8:30 p.m.
On Sunday at 8:30 p.m., 127 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, a decrease of 14 patients since Wednesday, and deaths numbered 8,219, an increase of 11 deaths.
Cumulative cases in Middlebury and abutting towns were: Middlebury – 627 confirmed (+1) and 88 probable (no change), Naugatuck – 3,183 confirmed and 333 probable, Oxford – 850 confirmed and 89 probable, Southbury – 1,235 confirmed and 222 probable, Woodbury – 565 confirmed and 79 probable, Watertown – 2,190 confirmed and 303 probable, and Waterbury – 14,749 confirmed and 1,615 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.
