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NOTE: Reports are issued Mondays and Thursdays.
Report Highlights
- Middlebury had 7 new confirmed cases and 1 new probable case for the four days from Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Sunday, March 7, 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 598 from 590 in the latest report from state health officials.
- Middlebury’s rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 continues to increase as of March 4, 2021, rising to 27.7 cases per 100,000 for the period of Feb. 14, 2021, to Feb. 27, 2021 (13 cases in week 1; 17 cases in week 2) from 21.3 cases per 100,000 for the period of Feb. 7, 2021, to Feb. 20, 2021 (10 cases in week 1; 13 cases in week 2).
- Middlebury’s rate per 100,000 is higher than that of the surrounding towns other than Waterbury (29.1) and Watertown (33). In comparison, Woodbury is at 9 cases per 100,000, Southbury is at 14.2 cases per 100,000, Oxford is at 17.3 cases per 100,000 and Naugatuck is at 26.3 cases per 100,000.
On Monday, March 8, 2021, Connecticut state officials said from Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Sunday, March 7, 2021, at 8:30 p.m., COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 287,396. This is an increase of 2,896 cases over four days. The state daily test positivity rate as of Sunday, March 7, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. was 2.63%, up from 1.86% Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at 8:30 p.m.
On Sunday at 8:30 p.m., 388 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, a decrease of 45 patients since Wednesday, and deaths numbered 7,725, an increase of 32 deaths.
Cumulative cases in Middlebury and abutting towns were: Middlebury – 542 confirmed (+7) and 56 probable (+1), Naugatuck – 2,617 confirmed and 218 probable, Oxford – 700 confirmed and 46 probable, Southbury – 1,043 confirmed and 115 probable, Woodbury – 458 confirmed and 49 probable, Watertown – 1,800 confirmed and 194 probable, and Waterbury – 11,974 confirmed and 974 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.
