Which Towns and Cities in Connecticut Have the Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate?

The Connecticut Department of Health is providing information on what cities and towns have the highest and lowest infection and testing rates.

The Department of Public Health provides the infection rate data based on a population of 100,000 to be provide comparable information from one community to another. For example, if a town only has 10,000 people, the infection data would be multipled by 10 to get the per 100k infection rate.

The town rate data is as of September 17, 2020.

Highest Infection Rate Per 100K People

Danbury 3,276
Bridgeport 2,898
Somers 2,898
Stamford 2,796
Bloomfield 2,726
Hartford 2,577
Norwalk 2,496
Rocky Hill 2,338
New Haven 2,333
Windsor 2,225
West Haven 2,203
East Hartford 2,194
Waterbury 2,173
New Britain 2,033
East Windsor 1,899
Brooklyn 1,872
Hamden 1,853
Stratford 1,824
Torrington 1,820
Meriden 1,809
Shelton 1,762
Montville 1,753
Trumbull 1,709
Woodbridge 1,692
Ansonia 1,672
Enfield 1,642
Bethel 1,638
Marlborough 1,604
East Haven 1,599
Greenwich 1,591
Windham 1,526
Manchester 1,518
Middletown 1,508

Scroll down for the list of towns with the lowest infection rate.

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