More than a month after Connecticut’s positive COVID-19 test rate began steadily rising, the state now appears to be seeing a similar rise in coronavirus-related deaths, according to data released by Gov. Ned Lamont’s office.
The state’s positivity rate — which had sat mostly below 1% during the summer — began to rise in early September and on Tuesday hit a four-month high of 3%. Several weeks later, hospitalizations began to rise as well, also hitting a four-month high on Tuesday.
And while both of those numbers dropped slightly on Wednesday — positivity rate dipped to 2.