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 9, 2020.

Highest Infection Rate Per 100K People

Danbury 3,122
Somers 2,917
Bridgeport 2,842
Stamford 2,758
Bloomfield 2,681
Hartford 2,508
Norwalk 2,465
New Haven 2,310
Rocky Hill 2,264
Windsor 2,180
West Haven 2,176
East Hartford 2,152
Waterbury 2,124
New Britain 1,946
East Windsor 1,890
Hamden 1,846
Stratford 1,805
Brooklyn 1,787
Torrington 1,765
Meriden 1,764
Montville 1,763
Shelton 1,706
Trumbull 1,684
Woodbridge 1,670
Ansonia 1,651
Enfield 1,639
Marlborough 1,620
East Haven 1,589
Bethel 1,562
Greenwich 1,562
Middletown 1,504

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

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