The state of Connecticut on Wednesday reported its second straight day with a 2% or higher positivity rate while hospitalizations continued to climb to numbers not seen since June.
The state said there were 164 positive cases out of 8,359 tests on Wednesday, yielding a positivity rate of 2%. One day earlier, on Tuesday, the state had reported an unusually high rate of 2.4%.
Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday said the uptick was “not unexpected, but it’s unnerving and a little exhausting." He added that he feels the state is in a better position to combat COVID-19 than it was in the early months of the pandemic.