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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 six new confirmed and one new probable COVID-19 cases for the four days from Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Sunday, August 15, at 8:30 p.m.
- The cumulative number of cases (confirmed and probable) in Middlebury rose to 749 (+7) in the latest report from state health officials.
- 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 reported no new deaths from COVID-19; total deaths remain at 19.
On Monday, August 16, 2021, Connecticut state officials said from Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Sunday, August 15, 2021, at 8:30 p.m., the number of COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 363,417. This is an increase of 2,123 cases over four days. The state daily test positivity rate as of Sunday, August 15, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. was 3.55%, up from 3.52% Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at 8:30 p.m.
On Sunday at 8:30 p.m., 285 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, an increase of 38 patients since Wednesday. 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 – 648 confirmed and 101 probable, Naugatuck – 3,312 confirmed and 396 probable, Oxford – 897 confirmed and 93 probable, Southbury – 1,289 confirmed and 244 probable, Woodbury – 585 confirmed and 86 probable, Watertown – 2,272 confirmed and 333 probable, and Waterbury – 15,188 confirmed and 1,876 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.
