The state said today its Westport COVID-19 case count was up two at 318 (302 confirmed and 16 probable) while the number of deaths was unchanged at 23.
Gov. Ned Lamont announced eight more coronavirus-linked deaths, bringing Connecticut’s total to 4,380 during the pandemic.
Despite seeing far fewer deaths in recent months than in April and May, the state still ranks third nationwide in COVID-19 deaths per capita, behind New Jersey and New York and just ahead of Massachusetts
The state reported 106 more cases out of 12,338 tests, for a rate of 0.9%.
Connecticut has consistently seen fewer than 1% of all tests come back positive, even as Massachusetts and Rhode Island have experienced rates more than twice that high and many other states have seen their rates rise above 10% or even 20%.
Connecticut currently has 67 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus, according to state numbers, up one from Tuesday.
