Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday that Connecticut continues to make progress fighting the coronavirus with another low day of positivity, fewer cases in nursing homes and gradually increasing vaccinations.
“The numbers are all trending in the right direction,” Lamont said at his regular Thursday press briefing. “And I’m not sugarcoating it.”
The state on Thursday reported 547 newly identified coronavirus cases out of a total of 27,015 tests administered, for a positivity rate of 2%. One day prior, the state reported a rate of 1.6%, which is the lowest it had seen since mid-October.
Including Thursday’s numbers, the state’s weekly average positivity is now 2.