HARTFORD, Conn. — Seven of Connecticut’s eight counties now qualify as having “high” COVID-19 transmission as defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after Tolland County joined the list Sunday evening.
Hartford, New Haven, Fairfield, New London, Middlesex, Litchfield and Tolland counties are all classified as “high” transmission, while Windham County is just short of that threshold. Residents of all eight counties are advised to wear masks in public, indoor spaces, according to CDC guidelines.
With COVID-19 surging nationwide, all but a handful of U.S. counties are currently above the high transmission threshold.
Though Connecticut has fewer COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations per capita than most states, its numbers remain at or near their highest levels since the spring. As of Friday, Connecticut’s seven-day positivity rate stood at 3.55%, and the state had 378 patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
As of Thursday, 73.4% of all Connecticut residents and 84.2% of those 12 and older had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, while 65.8% of all residents and 75.6% of those 12 and older were fully vaccinated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
