Connecticut on Friday reported a third consecutive day of dropping coronavirus hospitalizations, even as the state’s positive test rate remained approximately steady and coronavirus-linked deaths continued to add up.
Hospitalizations dropped by 38 on Friday, the state reported, for a total of 1,167 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. That’s the lowest number the state has seen since Dec. 1.
However, the state also reported 2,680 newly identified coronavirus cases out of a total of 39,128 total tests administered, for a daily positivity rate of 6.85%.
Over the past seven days, the state’s average positivity rate is 6.