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- Reports are published Mondays and Thursdays, usually after 4 p.m., unless delayed due to a holiday.
Report Highlights
- In an August 12, 2021, report Middlebury’s rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 jumped from the lowest category (fewer than 5 cases per 100,000) to the highest category (15 or more cases per 100,000) with 16.5 cases per 100,000 (5 cases in Week 1, 13 cases in Week 2). The latest report is for the period July 25 to August 7, 2021. This follows 12 reports in a row at fewer than 5 cases per 100,000. Middlebury is now one of 39 communities colored red on the rate per 100,000 map, and the number of red communities is rapidly increasing, just as it did last year.
- Middlebury had two new confirmed and one new probable COVID-19 cases for the three days from Sunday, August 8, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, August 11, at 8:30 p.m.
- The cumulative number of cases (confirmed and probable) in Middlebury rose to 742 (+3) in the latest report from state health officials.
- Middlebury reported no new deaths from COVID-19; total deaths remain at 19.
On Thursday, August 12, 2021, Connecticut state officials said from Sunday, August 8, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at 8:30 p.m., the number of COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 361,294. This is an increase of 1,931 cases over three days. The state daily test positivity rate as of Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. was 3.52%, up from 3.33% Sunday, August 8, 2021, at 8:30 p.m.
On Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., 247 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, an increase of 39 patients since Sunday. Through Wednesday, August 11, deaths numbered 8,307, an increase of 11 deaths since August 4. Deaths are reported once a week.
Cumulative cases in Middlebury and abutting towns were: Middlebury – 642 confirmed and 100 probable, Naugatuck – 3,285 confirmed and 389 probable, Oxford – 890 confirmed and 93 probable, Southbury – 1,280 confirmed and 244 probable, Woodbury – 584 confirmed and 86 probable, Watertown – 2,262 confirmed and 324 probable, and Waterbury – 15,133 confirmed and 1,833 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.
