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Morning Weather Report [03/15/21]

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Today

Sunny, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. Northwest wind 14 to 16 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. North wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light after midnight.

Tomorrow

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Wind chill values between 20 and 30. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tomorrow Night

A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 32. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

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Sunday COVID-19 Summary: 23% of Westport Got Vaccines; Fairfield County Accounts for 26% of CT’s Total Hospitalizations

This summary includes the total cases, deaths, vaccines, and current hospitalizations in our town, county, and state.

The State does not publish any data on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday - so this summary does not include any information collected on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

Data from the past three days will be published cumulatively in tomorrow evening’s daily update.

All data comes from Connecticut Open Data portal. Numbers as of 03/11/21:

COVID-19 Cases

Westport:

  • 1,497 positive or probable cases (total) +59 from last week

  • 29 deaths (total) +1 from last week

  • 51,126 tests (total) +1,306 from last week

Fairfield County:

  • 83,303 positive or probable cases (total) +1,520 from last week

  • 2,074 Deaths (total) +11 from last week

  • 105 currently hospitalized; -13 from last week (as of 03/11/21)

Connecticut:

  • 290,577 positive or probable cases +5,247 from last week(total)

  • 7,765 deaths + 143 from last week (total)

  • 381 currently hospitalized - 70 from last week (as of 03/11/21)

State Daily Test Positivity:

  • 2.47% of COVID-19 tests administered came back positive (on 03/11/21)

  • UP from 1.84% on 03/04/21

Westport Vaccine Coverage:

Data Current as of: 03/11/2021

All Ages (est. 28,491 residents)

  • First Dose Coverage: 23.1% vaccinated [+5.40% from last week]

  • First Dose Count: 6,580 [+1,534 from last week]

Ages 65-74 (est. 2,472 residents)

  • First Dose Coverage: 82.21% vaccinated [+7.21% from last week]

Ages 75+ (est. 2,132 residents)

  • First Dose Coverage: 82.83% vaccinated [+1.83% from last week]

The next update will be published tomorrow evening, and will include all data identified on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of this weekend.

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