Mayor Harry Rilling
It has been more than two months since the State of Connecticut lifted virtually all mandates related to the COVID-19 public health crisis. We have been watching closely as case numbers and hospitalizations stayed consistently low, while the proportion of vaccinated residents increased. However, most likely due to the more contagious Delta variant, our case numbers and test positivity rate around the state indicate a turn in the wrong direction.
The state reported a 2.71% daily test positivity rate this week
– the highest percentage in two months. The rolling 7-day test positivity rate is also at the highest level it has been since May. Now is not the time to panic, but it is time to double down on our efforts to beat this virus once and for all. We have many tools in our toolbox to defeat this pandemic, none of them greater than getting vaccinated. Do not wait any longer if you have not gotten vaccinated or have been putting off the second shot of Pfizer or Moderna.