COVID-19 Update – Thursday, January 6, 2022 – 563,635 cases

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  • Reports are published Mondays and Thursdays, usually after 4 p.m., unless delayed due to a holiday.

Report Highlights

  • Middlebury had 31 new confirmed and 14 new probable COVID-19 cases for the three days from Sunday, January 2, 2022, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at 8:30 p.m.
  • The cumulative number of cases (confirmed and probable) in Middlebury rose to 1,132 (+45) in the latest report from state health officials.
  • Middlebury’s rate of COVID-19 cases rose to 100.8 cases per 100,000 on January  6, 2021, for the period of December 19, 2021 to January 1, 2022 (Week 1 – 38 cases; Week 2 – 72 cases) from 87.9 cases per 100,000 on December 30, 2021, for the period of December 12 to December 25, 2021 (Week 1 – 58 cases; Week 2 – 38 cases).
  • Middlebury reported no new deaths from COVID-19; total deaths remained at 21.

On Thursday, January 6, 2022, Connecticut state officials said from Sunday, January 2, 2022, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at 8:30 p.m., the number of COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 563,635 cases. This is an increase of 29,769 cases over three days. The state daily test positivity rate as of Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at 8:30 p.m. was 22.81%, up from 21.52% on Sunday, January 2, 2022, at 8:30 p.m.

On Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., 1,784 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, an increase of 332 patients since Sunday. Through Wednesday, January 5, deaths numbered 9,281, an increase of 121 deaths since December 29. Deaths are reported once a week.

Cumulative cases in Middlebury and abutting towns were: Middlebury – 942 (+31) confirmed and 190 (+14) probable, Naugatuck – 4,908 confirmed and 835 probable, Oxford – 1,544 confirmed and 203 probable, Southbury – 1,978 confirmed and 420 probable, Woodbury – 948 confirmed and 192 probable, Watertown – 3,294 confirmed and 606 probable, and Waterbury – 21,927 confirmed and 3,016 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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