VT COVID-19 Update for Tuesday, January 6th, 2021

The Vermont Department of Health has released the latest COVID-19 data for Wednesday, January 6th, 2021.

On Tuesday, 106 new COVID-19 cases were reported, bringing the state’s total to 8.158 cases since March 2020.

There were three new COVID-19-related deaths announced on Tuesday. This put VT over the 150 death threshold, with the total number of COVID-19 deaths sitting at 152. To date, 5,546 individuals have recovered from the virus.

There are now 33 Vermonters in hospital for COVID-19 related issues, with six of these citizens being in intensive care units. Seven hospitalizations are currently under investigation.

At this time, 320 travelers are being monitored for symptoms, 182 contacts are being monitored, and 11,911 individuals have completed the monitoring process. A total of 722,745 COVID-19 tests have been conducted statewide, with 269,690 individual citizens having been tested.

VT’s current seven-day average positivity rate is sitting at 2.8%.