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Connecticut's daily COVID-19 positivity rate fell slightly on Wednesday to 2.23%.
Of 22,165 tests done, 494 were positive, according to data from the Department of Public Health.
The number is down from Tuesday's 2.9% positivity rate.
The state saw an increase of 38 hospitalizations due to coronavirus. There are currently 451 people hospitalized for COVID-19.
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There were an additional 20 coronavirus-related deaths reported. The death toll in Connecticut now stands at 7,678.
