COVID-19 Update – Thursday, February 24, 2022 – 721,954 cases

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  • Reports are published weekly on Thursday afternoon.

Report Highlights

  • Middlebury had 2 new confirmed and 2 new probable COVID-19 cases for the week of Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at 8:30 p.m.
  • The cumulative number of cases (confirmed and probable) in Middlebury rose to 1,396 (+4) in the latest report from state health officials.
  • Middlebury’s rate of COVID-19 cases dropped to 8.2 cases per 100,000 on February 24, 2022, for the period of February 6 to February 19, 2022, (Week 1 – 5 cases; Week 2 – 4 cases) from 16.5 cases per 100,000 on February 17, 2022, for the period of January 30 to February 12, 2022, (Week 1 – 13 cases; Week 2 – 5 cases).
  • Middlebury reported two new deaths from COVID-19; total deaths rose to 23.

On Thursday, February 24, 2022, Connecticut state officials said from Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at 8:30 p.m., the number of COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 721,954 cases. This is an increase of 3,890 cases over one week. The state daily test positivity rate as of Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at 8:30 p.m. was 3.99%, down from 4.71% on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 8:30 p.m.

On February 23 at 8:30 p.m., 248 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, a decrease of 77 patients since February 16. Through Wednesday, February 23, deaths numbered 10,443, an increase of 119 deaths since February 16.

Cumulative cases in Middlebury and abutting towns were: Middlebury – 1,169 (+2) confirmed and 227 (+2) probable, Naugatuck – 6,240 confirmed and 1,207 probable, Oxford – 1,931 confirmed and 260 probable, Southbury – 2,460 confirmed and 564 probable, Woodbury – 1,182 confirmed and 246 probable, Watertown – 3,992 confirmed and 716 probable, and Waterbury – 27,776 confirmed and 3,865 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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