coronavirus in connecticut

Metro-North travelers will no longer be required to wear face masks on trains in Connecticut. The change comes after New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the end of the mask mandate on mass transit systems including on subways, buses and more. It’s still recommended that travelers wear face coverings on public transit, but it’s not required. In April, the...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday night listed all eight Connecticut counties in the medium or high categories as part of its COVID-19 Community Levels Map, according to the state Department of Public Health. A week ago, only New London County was listed in the medium category and the other seven counties were listed in the low…

Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that he will end the statewide mask mandate in schools and childcare centers on February 28. The decision after that will be up to individual school districts, Gov. Lamont said. Gov. Lamont cited falling COVID-19 infection rates in the state and available vaccines to help protect people from serious illness. “Connecticut is seeing a dramatic…

As omicron cases are going up, so is something else: the cost of important supplies in the fight against COVID-19. The Connecticut Attorney General’s Office is getting complaints of price hikes on things like masks and at-home test kits, while the Connecticut Better Business Bureau warns of COVID-19 related scams. With new advice from health officials to switch from...

Connecticut handed out more than half a million rapid COVID-19 self-tests to public and private K-12 schools, as well as early childcare providers on Tuesday — marking the first phase of the state’s distribution of self-tests. Governor Ned Lamont said a total of 620,000 of the tests were given to the K-12 schools, and the remaining 50,000 were given to…

In a grim warning amid near record-high hospitalizations across the state, Hochul reported that more than 9,000 New Yorkers are now hospitalized with COVID-19. NBC New York’s Romney Smith and Tracie Strahan report.

Connecticut received a shipment of at-home rapid COVID-19 tests early Friday morning, according to the governor. He said the state has received 426,000 tests and there are more to come, including today. Lamont also announced that the schools will open as scheduled. He said the guidance was sent out on schools this morning and all of the schools are going…

Connecticut’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate is now over 20 percent, a record high since significant widespread testing has been conducted. Gov. Ned Lamont released the new rate on Thursday afternoon and today’s positivity rate is 20.33 percent, up from 17.78 percent yesterday. “There’s no question about it, omicron is everywhere,” Gov. Lamont said Thursday evening. The governor called the 20%…

The vaccine passport system that would allow private businesses to verify your vaccine status is already here. Republicans are calling for public hearings, but the governor says the system will officially launch next week.

There have now been 11 cases of the omicron COVID-19 variant detected in Connecticut, according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office. That includes nine new cases announced by the state Friday. The new cases include five women and four men between the ages of 20 and 85 years old. In total, there are five cases in New Haven County, four in…

Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate has jumped to 8.33 percent, according to the governor’s office. That appears to be the highest it’s been in 11 months. The governor’s office also said there is a second confirmed case of the COVID-19 omicron variant in the state. The governor’s office said the second case of the COVID-19 omicron variant involves a fully...

Governor Ned Lamont confirmed that a fully vaccinated man marks Connecticut’s first case of the Omicron Covid-19 variant. State officials said the man, who is in his 60s, is from Hartford County. Sequencing performed at the Connecticut State Public Health Laboratory confirmed the presence of the variant. The man developed mild symptoms on Nov. 27. An at-home Covid-19 test was…

Eight people are dead and just shy of 100 more have become infected with COVID-19 after an outbreak at a Connecticut nursing home.