Of the 1,920 patients currently hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, 1,292 (67.3%) are not fully vaccinated.
For the week beginning December 26, 2021, unvaccinated persons had a 3.3x greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 compared to fully vaccinated persons.
For the week beginning December 26, 2021, unvaccinated persons had a 17.2x greater risk of dying from COVID-19 compared to fully vaccinated persons.
Data on COVID-19 associated deaths is updated once per week every Thursday. The most recently reported total number of deaths is 9,281.
County-by-county breakdown of current COVID-19 hospitalizations:
County
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Current COVID-19 Hospitalizations
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Fairfield County
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497
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Hartford County
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513
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Litchfield County
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38
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Middlesex County
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62
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New Haven County
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663
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New London County
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108
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Tolland County
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7
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Windham County
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32
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Total
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1,920
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For a series of interactive graphs and maps that provide additional data, including metrics related to age, gender, and race/ethnicity, as well as data broken down by every town and city in Connecticut, visit ct.gov/coronavirus and click the link that is labeled, “Data Tracker.”
Governor Lamont Signs Executive Order on the Reemployment of Retired Teachers To Help Address Teacher Shortage
Governor Ned Lamont yesterday announced that he has signed an executive order related to the COVID-19 emergency declarations (Executive Order No. 14E) that modifies certain state laws in order to provide school districts with greater flexibility to address the current teacher shortage caused by the recent spike in COVID-19 infections by relaxing certain statutory limits on the availability of retired teachers.
The order takes two actions:
- It allows school boards to reemploy or continue to employ retired teachers, even if they reached the maximum limit permitted under state law while receiving retirement benefits by excluding the period between July 1, 2021, and February 15, 2022, from the salary determination.
- It modifies certain statutes that allow school districts to hire retired teachers for a maximum of two school years in districts designated as a subject shortage area or identified as a priority school district by excluding the period between July 1, 2021, and February 15, 2022, from being included when calculating that two-year maximum eligibility period.
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