Connecticut now has 110 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, an increase of three over the previous day and the highest number of hospitalizations recorded since late June, the state reported Friday.
After weeks of steadily low numbers, Gov. Ned Lamont said Wednesday that Connecticut is now “spiking up a little bit.” That spike has been apparent in both the hospitalization numbers and the state’s positivity rate — on Wednesday and Thursday, the state recorded positivity rates around 1.8%, which hadn’t been so high since mid-June.
The daily positive test rate on Friday dipped down to 1.