Connecticut Now Tops 100,000 COVID-19 Cases Since Start of Pandemic

Connecticut has now surpassed 100,000 total coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic back in March, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut is up to 6.6 percent Friday, up from 6.48 percent on Thursday.

Connecticut has now confirmed 101,469 COVID-19 cases, with 2,088 new cases since Thursday. Eight more hospitalizations are being reported for a total of 848 current hospitalizations. 23 more people have lost their lives from the disease since Thursday.

Even though we mark an unhappy milestone of more than 100k cases of COVID, I can't help but think about everything people are doing to respond, especially those on the frontlines, and I thank each of them.

Keep doing your part to stop the spread. We'll get through this together. pic.twitter.com/43hYUEH6nj
— Governor Ned Lamont (@GovNedLamont) November 20, 2020

On Thursday, the state had reached 99,381 cases of coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic and 4,805 deaths.

The state has been tracking COVID-19 rates in cities and towns and 145 Connecticut communities are now on red alert, which is the highest alert level.

A total of 145 towns and cities in Connecticut are now in the Red Alert Level – the highest alert level on the state's weekly COVID-19 map.

To review more specific, town-level data, check out this interactive map: https://t.co/bilUulkpti pic.twitter.com/meKEnV6bQc
— Governor Ned Lamont (@GovNedLamont) November 19, 2020