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Hook’d on the Sound was busy today as beachgoers cooled down in the building’s shade while waiting for orders of drinks and snacks.
Another Scorcher in the Books
Compo Beach was busy again as temperatures felt like the 90s today. Both Silver Sands and Hammonasset State Beaches closed today by 2:00 PM due to being at capacity, Sherwood Island didn’t reach their capacity.
Glory over Post Road
The Old Glories of the Ruth Steinkraus Cohen bridge were flying high in today’s light breeze, a much needed breeze with another hot day.
Sunday COVID-19 Summary; State Passes 100K Cases, Less than 100 Currently Hospitalized
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 06/03/21:
COVID-19 Cases
Westport:
1,801 positive or probable cases (total) +7/week
31 deaths (total) + /0/week
64,535 tests (total) +1,404/week
Fairfield County:
100,155 positive or probable cases (total) +367/week
2,198 Deaths (total) +11/week
23 currently hospitalized -10/week
Connecticut:
347,891 positive or probable cases +1,566/week
8,246 deaths + 34/week
82 currently hospitalized -58/week
State Daily Test Positivity:
0.63 % of COVID-19 tests administered came back positive (on 06/03/21)
0.93 % on 05/20/21
1.12 % on 05/13/21
1.39 % on 05/06/21
2.02 % on 04/29/21
2.62 % on 04/22/21
2.27 % on 04/15/21
3.50% on 04/01/21
2.85% on 03/25/21
2.87% on 03/18/21
2.47% on 03/11/21
1.84% on 03/04/21
Westport Vaccine Coverage:
Data Current as of: 06/03/2021
57.20% of Westport is vaccinated against COVID-19.
The next update will be published tomorrow evening, and will include all data identified on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of this weekend.