KEY POINTS: Since yesterday’s update, nine additional Connecticut residents have tested positive, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 20. This includes the first cases that have been detected in Hartford and New Haven Counties. Governor Lamont today signed his third executive order since the enactment of the emergency declarations earlier…
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First New Haven Resident Tests Positive for COVID-19
NEW HAVEN, CT – Today New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and Health Director Maritza Bond announced that the City had its first New Haven resident confirmed as having the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Additionally, Yale-New Haven Hospital has tested three other non-New Haven residents that have tested positive for COVID-19. “We have been notified that one…
Lamont updates on CT’s coronavirus response efforts
KEY POINTS: Since yesterday’s update, an additional 6 Connecticut residents have tested positive, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases reported in Connecticut to 11. The new cases are residents of Bethlehem, Darien, Greenwich, and Westport. To date, 136 tests have been completed in Connecticut: 11 positive and 125 negative. For the first time,…
CT Governor updates on CT’s coronavirus response efforts
The Connecticut DPH State Laboratory has confirmed three additional individuals have tested positive. In total, 95 individuals have been tested at the State Laboratory: 6 positive and 89 negative. Governor Lamont is signing an executive order that takes several actions: Prohibits all events in the state with over 250 people; Modifies the state law requiring…
CT governor updates on CT’s coronavirus preparedness and response efforts
KEY POINTS: The Connecticut DPH State Laboratory has confirmed a third Connecticut resident has tested positive. The patient is an elderly gentleman who lives in a private residence in New Canaan and is hospitalized at Norwalk Hospital. So far, a total of 74 individuals have been tested at the State Laboratory: 74 negative and…