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Sunday COVID-19 Summary: Despite Public School Cases, Case Numbers Still Declining

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 03/18/21:

COVID-19 Cases

Westport:

  • 1,553 positive or probable cases (total) +56 from last week

  • 30 deaths (total) +1 from last week

  • 52,535 51,126 tests (total) +1,406 from last week

Fairfield County:

  • 85,225 positive or probable cases (total) +1,922 from last week

  • 2,097 Deaths (total) +23 from last week

  • 115 currently hospitalized; +10 from last week (as of 03/18/21)

Connecticut:

  • 296,691 positive or probable cases +6,114 from last week(total)

  • 7,832 deaths + 67 from last week (total)

  • 402 currently hospitalized +21 from last week (as of 03/18/21)

State Daily Test Positivity:

  • 2.87% of COVID-19 tests administered came back positive (on 03/18/21)

  • UP from 2.47% on 03/11/21

  • UP from 1.84% on 03/04/21

Westport Vaccine Coverage:

Data Current as of: 03/15/2021

All Ages (est. 28,491 residents)

  • First Dose Coverage: 27.31% vaccinated [+4.21% from last week]

  • First Dose Count: 7,781 [+1,201 from last week]

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

  • First Dose Coverage: 87.22% vaccinated [+5.01% from last week]

Ages 75+ (est. 2,132 residents)

  • First Dose Coverage: 84.24 vaccinated [+1.41% 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.