Weekly update of the Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Alert Map: Nineteen municipalities in red
The Connecticut Department of Public Health today released its weekly COVID-19 Alert Map, which indicates that 19 cities and towns in Connecticut are in the red zone.
The red zone indicates municipalities that have an average daily COVID-19 case rate over the last two weeks of greater than 15 per 100,000 population. The orange zone indicates those that have case rates between 10 to 14 cases per 100,000 population. The yellow zone indicates municipalities that have case rates between 5 and 9 per 100,000 population, and those indicated in gray have case rates lower than five per 100,000 population.
This week, the following municipalities are in the higher red-level alert category:
- Canterbury
- Danbury
- East Hartford*
- Fairfield*
- Griswold
- Groton*
- Hartford
- Lisbon*
- Montville
- New London
- Norwalk*
- Norwich
- Plainfield*
- Prospect*
- Salem*
- Sprague
- Waterford*
- Waterbury*
- Windham
*Newly added to the red-level alert list this week
The Department of Public Health will be working with individual cities and towns in the higher-alert levels, including their local health departments, to provide community resources and help make community-level decisions.
The weekly alert map is also accompanied by a chart that provides guidance on recommended actions based on the alert levels for individual residents; institutions such as schools, houses of worship, and community organizations; as well as municipal leaders and local health directors.
The COVID-19 Alert Map is updated every Thursday around 4:00 p.m. and can be found in the Data Tracker page of the state’s coronavirus website.
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