New London County's COVID cases fall 12.5%; Connecticut cases fall 8.8%
Editor's note: Due to a calculation error, local communities' death records from the latest week were repeated as the previous week in these reports between July 26 and Aug. 30.
Connecticut reported 4,427 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, down 8.8% from the previous week . Then, 4,852 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19 were reported.
Connecticut ranked 50th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States increased 5.2% from the week before, with 1,146,098 cases reported. With 1.07% of the country's population, Connecticut had 0.39% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 44 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
New London County reported 400 cases and three deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 457 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 24,791 cases and 456 deaths.
Windham County reported 163 cases and one death in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 116 cases and minus one death. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 11,649 cases and 198 deaths.
Across Connecticut, cases fell in four counties, with the best declines in Fairfield County, with 930 cases from 1,177 a week earlier; in New Haven County, with 1,113 cases from 1,333; and in New London County, with 400 cases from 457.
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Connecticut ranked 4th among states in share of people receiving at least one shot, with 74.1% of its residents at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 62.3%, a USA TODAY analysis of CDC data shows. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are the most used in the United States, require two doses administered a few weeks apart.
In the week ending Saturday, Connecticut reported administering another 57,714 vaccine doses, including 28,026 first doses. In the previous week, the state administered 58,110 vaccine doses, including 30,117 first doses. In all, Connecticut reported it has administered 4,856,545 total doses.
Within Connecticut, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in New London County with 151 cases per 100,000 per week; Hartford County with 145; and Windham County with 140. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
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Adding the most new cases overall were Hartford County, with 1,293 cases; New Haven County, with 1,113 cases; and Fairfield County, with 930. Weekly case counts rose in three counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Hartford, Windham and Litchfield counties.
In Connecticut, 36 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 21 people were were reported dead.
A total of 375,135 people in Connecticut have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 8,394 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 39,944,987 people have tested positive and 648,468 people have died.
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USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Thursday, Sept. 2.
Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
- Last week: 503
- The week before that: 575
- Four weeks ago: 390
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
- Last week: 128,205
- The week before that: 128,869
- Four weeks ago: 95,496
The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.