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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 five new confirmed and three new probable COVID-19 cases for the three days from Sunday, August 15, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, August 18, at 8:30 p.m.
- The cumulative number of cases (confirmed and probable) in Middlebury rose to 757 (+8) 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 Thursday, August 19, 2021, Connecticut state officials said from Sunday, August 15, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. to Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at 8:30 p.m., the number of COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 365,425. This is an increase of 2,008 cases over three days. The state daily test positivity rate as of Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. was 3.37%, down from 3.55% Sunday, August 15, 2021, at 8:30 p.m.
On Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., 344 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized, an increase of 59 patients since Sunday. Through Wednesday, August 18, deaths numbered 8,330, an increase of 23 deaths since August 11. Deaths are reported once a week.
Cumulative cases in Middlebury and abutting towns were: Middlebury – 653 (+5) confirmed and 104 (+3) probable, Naugatuck – 3,321 confirmed and 397 probable, Oxford – 900 confirmed and 94 probable, Southbury – 1,296 confirmed and 249 probable, Woodbury – 591 confirmed and 88 probable, Watertown – 2,276 confirmed and 336 probable, and Waterbury – 15,220 confirmed and 1,898 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.
