COVID-19 Update – Thursday, May 20, 2021 – 346,154 cases

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NOTE: Reports are issued Mondays and Thursdays. 

Report Highlights

  • Middlebury had one less confirmed case and one more probable case for the three days from Sunday, May 16, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at 8:30 p.m.
  • The cumulative number of cases (confirmed and probable) in Middlebury remained at 714 in the latest report from state health officials.
  • 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 Thursday, May 20, 2021, Connecticut state officials said from Sunday, May 16, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at 8:30 p.m., COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 346,154. This is an increase of 515 cases over three days. The state daily test positivity rate as of Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. was 0.93%, down from 1.33% Sunday, May 16, 2021, at 8:30 p.m.

On Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., 141 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, a decrease of 29 patients since Sunday, and deaths numbered 8,208, an increase of 14 deaths.

Cumulative cases in Middlebury and abutting towns were: Middlebury – 626 confirmed (-1) and 88 probable (+1), Naugatuck – 3,180 confirmed and 333 probable, Oxford – 850 confirmed and 89 probable, Southbury – 1,235 confirmed and 221 probable, Woodbury – 565 confirmed and 79 probable, Watertown – 2,189 confirmed and 303 probable, and Waterbury – 14,717 confirmed and 1,607 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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