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Sunday COVID-19 Summary: 1 Westport Case this Week; 15.9% of State’s Youngest are Fully Vaccinated

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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 06/10/21:

COVID-19 Cases

Westport:

  • 1,802 positive or probable cases (total) +1/week

  • 31 deaths (total) + /0/week

  • 64,535 tests (total) +1,404/week

Fairfield County:

  • 100,257 positive or probable cases (total) +102/week

  • 2,201 Deaths (total) +3/week

  • 19 currently hospitalized -4/week

Connecticut:

  • 347,891 positive or probable cases +459/week

  • 8,261 deaths + 15/week

  • 71 currently hospitalized -11/week

State Daily Test Positivity:

  • 0.37 % of COVID-19 tests administered came back positive (on 06/10/21)

  • 0.63 % 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: 06/10/2021

61.02% 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.

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With celebrations underway, many of the celebratory balloons are flying away - and landing in local waterways. Ellen Bowen found these balloons floating through Burritt’s landing, then cleaning them up to help protect the animals they pose a hazard to. Photo by Ellen Bowen for The Westport Local Press.

With celebrations underway, many of the celebratory balloons are flying away - and landing in local waterways. Ellen Bowen found these balloons floating through Burritt’s landing, then cleaning them up to help protect the animals they pose a hazard to. Photo by Ellen Bowen for The Westport Local Press.

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