Westport’s COVID-19 case count increased by seven in the past 24 hours to 165 with one death, state officials said today.
The state reported 10,538 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19, up 754. There have been 448 deaths, up 68 in the past 24 hours.
“Of 68 deaths newly included in today’s report, 19 were persons who tested positive for COVID-19 and 49 were persons who died during March 30–April 8 without being tested for COVID-19 whose death certificate listed COVID-19 disease as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death,” a state report said.
Patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 are 1,562, up 98, and patients tested for COVID-19 are 36,288 up 2,786.
