The number of people in Connecticut who are hospitalized for COVID-19 dropped for the second day in a row a Thursday, offering a glimmer of hope that was dampened by an uptick in the daily positivity rate.
The state on Thursday reported that hospitalizations had dropped by 21, for a total of 492 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The decreasing number signals a possible reversal in the trend, after hospitalizations rose sharply at the end of March, increasing by more than 30% in just over a week.
But on the same day, the state also reported a jump in positivity rate.