Connecticut COVID Cases Increase To 223 Deaths To 5

COVID-19 Update March 21, 2020

As of March 21, 2020, a total of 223 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported among Connecticut residents (Table 1).

Cases have been reported in all 8 Connecticut counties.

Forty-three patients were hospitalized, and 5 residents have died (4 in Fairfield County and 1 Tolland County).

The Dr. Katherine A. Kelley State Public Health Laboratory has tested a total of 687 patients for COVID19; 77 (11%) patients tested positive. Hospital and commercial laboratories also are offering testing for COVID-19 in Connecticut; in total, more than 3100 tests have been reported to date.

Table 1. Laboratory-Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Connecticut As of 3/21/2020 10AM. Includes patients tested at the State Public Health Laboratory, Hospital, and Commercial Laboratories County

Laboratory Confirmed Cases Hospitalized Cases Deaths

Fairfield County 140 15 4

Hartford County 35 12 0

Litchfield County 11 2 0

Middlesex County 6 3 0

New Haven County 24 9 0

New London County 1 0 0

Tolland County 5 2 1

Windham County 2 0 0

Total 223 43 5

Patients Tested Date Specimen Received Specimens Tested for COVID-19 at the Dr. Katherine A. Kelley State Public Health Laboratory As of 3/21/2020 at 10AM Negative Positive 1 *Data are preliminary and subject to change* *Data are preliminary and subject to change* Table 2. Towns with Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Town Cases Andover 0 Ansonia 0 Ashford 0 Avon 0 Barkhamsted 0 Beacon Falls 1 Berlin 1 Bethany 0 Bethel 0 Bethlehem 3 Bloomfield 0 Bolton 1 Bozrah 0 Branford 0 Bridgeport 8 Bridgewater 0 Bristol 0 Brookfield 3 Brooklyn 0 Burlington 0 Canaan 0 Canterbury 0 Canton 0 Chaplin 0 Cheshire 0 Chester 0 Clinton 1 Colchester 0 Colebrook 0 Columbia 0 Cornwall 0 Coventry 0 Cromwell 0 Danbury 4 Darien 6 Deep River 0 Derby 0 Durham 0 East Granby 0 East Haddam 0 East Hampton 1 East Hartford 1 East Haven 0 East Lyme 1 East Windsor 0 Eastford 0 Easton 0 Ellington 0 Enfield 1 Essex 0 Fairfield 4 Farmington 1 Franklin 0 Glastonbury 1 Goshen 0 Granby 0 Greenwich 23 Town Cases Griswold 0 Groton 0 Guilford 2 Haddam 1 Hamden 0 Hampton 0 Hartford 8 Hartland 0 Harwinton 0 Hebron 0 Kent 0 Killingly 0 Killingworth 1 Lebanon 0 Ledyard 0 Lisbon 0 Litchfield 2 Lyme 0 Madison 1 Manchester 1 Mansfield 0 Marlborough 0 Meriden 1 Middlebury 0 Middlefield 0 Middletown 1 Milford 2 Monroe 0 Montville 0 Morris 0 Naugatuck 0 New Britain 1 New Canaan 5 New Fairfield 1 New Hartford 0 New Haven 6 New London 0 New Milford 2 Newington 3 Newtown 0 Norfolk 0 North Branford 0 North Canaan 0 North Haven 0 North Stonington 0 Norwalk 11 Norwich 0 Old Lyme 0 Old Saybrook 0 Orange 0 Oxford 1 Plainfield 0 Plainville 1 Plymouth 0 Pomfret 0 Portland 1 Preston 0 Town Cases Prospect 0 Putnam 0 Redding 0 Ridgefield 6 Rocky Hill 5 Roxbury 0 Salem 0 Salisbury 0 Scotland 0 Seymour 0 Sharon 0 Shelton 2 Sherman 0 Simsbury 0 Somers 0 South Windsor 1 Southbury 2 Southington 3 Sprague 0 Stafford 3 Stamford 19 Sterling 0 Stonington 0 Stratford 2 Suffield 2 Thomaston 2 Thompson 0 Tolland 1 Torrington 1 Trumbull 0 Union 0 Vernon 0 Voluntown 0 Wallingford 0 Warren 0 Washington 0 Waterbury 2 Waterford 0 Watertown 0 West Hartford 1 West Haven 6 Westbrook 0 Weston 1 Westport 41 Wethersfield 1 Willington 0 Wilton 4 Winchester 0 Windham 0 Windsor Locks 2 Windsor 1 Wolcott 0 Woodbridge 0 Woodbury 1 Woodstock 1

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