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Wanted Man Runs Away After Crashing Car With His Kids Inside
A Connecticut town was ordered to stay inside after a man wanted for questioning in an armed robbery crashed his car into a pole and ran away, leaving behind his two children and a woman in the vehicle in Tolland County, authorities said.
Kyle Joseph Fortier, age 33, of Windham, is charged with two counts of risk of injury to a minor, interfering with an officer, and evading responsibility, Connecticut State Police said.
Fortier was driving along Brandy Street in Bolton when he hit a telephone pole near Hanover Farms Road and spun out around 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1., …
Covid-19: Positivity Rate Dips Below 11 Percent In CT, 31 New Deaths Reported
The COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut is back on the decline after spiking near 15 percent last month, though nearly three dozen new virus-related deaths were reported in the past week.
In the latest update on Thursday, June 2, the state Department of Public Health reported 31 more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total up to 11,072 since March 2020 at the outset of the pandemic.
In the past seven days, there have been more than 33,000 COVID-19 PCR and NAAT tests administered in Connecticut, according to health officials, resulting in 3,583 laboratory-confirmed cases of the viru…
Covid-19: Positivity Rate Dips Below 12 Percent In CT, 19 New Deaths Reported
The COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut is back on the decline after spiking near 15 percent, though nearly two dozen new virus-related deaths were reported in the past week.
In the latest update on Thursday, May 26, the state Department of Public Health reported 19 more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total up to 11,041 since March 2020.
In the past seven days, there have been more than 64,000 COVID-19 PCR and NAAT tests administered in Connecticut, according to health officials, resulting in 7,560 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus for an average seven-day positivity rate o…
Covid-19: Positivity Rate Hits 14 Percent In CT, 39 New Deaths Reported
The COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut is approaching levels not seen since the surge of Omicron cases as the state reported more than three dozen new virus-related deaths.
In the latest update on Thursday, May 19, the state Department of Public Health reported 39 more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total up to 11,022 since March 2020.
In the past seven days, there have been nearly 70,000 COVID-19 PCR and NAAT tests administered in Connecticut, according to health officials, resulting in 9,751 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus for an average seven-day positivity rate of 1…
Covid-19: Positivity Rate Stays Above 13 Percent In CT, 25 New Deaths Reported
The positive COVID-19 infection rate continues to rise in Connecticut, which reported more than two dozen new deaths in the past week.
In the latest update on Thursday, May 12, the state Department of Public Health reported 25 more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total up to 10,883 since March 2020.
In the past seven days, there have been more than 72,000 COVID-19 PCR and NAAT tests administered in Connecticut, according to health officials, resulting in 9,606 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus for an average seven-day positivity percent of 13.24 percent positivity rate, up slig…
Covid-19: Positivity Rate Stays Above 10 Percent In CT, 18 New Deaths Reported
The positive COVID-19 infection rate continues to rise in Connecticut, which reported nearly two dozen new deaths in the past week.
In the latest update on Thursday, May 5, the state Department of Public Health reported 18 more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total up to 10,858 since March 2020.
In the past seven days, there have been more than 62,000 COVID-19 PCR and NAAT tests administered in Connecticut, according to health officials, resulting in 6,420 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus for a 10.35 percent positivity rate, up slightly from the previous day.
Last week, the av…
CT Pump Prices See Big Single-Week Change; Here's Breakdown By Region
Motorists in the Nutmeg State are seeing some financial relief at the pump with Connecticut’s “gas tax holiday" in full effect.
Connecticut now has the 30th most expensive gas in the US, according to AAA, with prices dropping 11 cents in the past week, down to an average of $3.92 per gallon as of Monday, April 11.
Nationally, the average price per gallon is sitting at $4.11 per gallon, down from $4.19 a week ago.
AAA gas prices on Monday, April 11.AAA
In Connecticut, prices on April 11 have dropped from $4.87 a month ago, but are up from $2.89 on April 11, 2021.
The relief at the pu…
Covid-19: Death Toll In CT Nears 10,800; Latest Breakdown Of Cases, Data By County
The positive COVID-19 infection rate continues to rise in Connecticut, which reported nearly two dozen new deaths over the past week.
In its latest update on Thursday, April 7, the state Department of Public Health reported 19 new virus-related deaths in the past week, as the number of fatalities rose to 10,795 since March 2020.
According to the latest update from the state Department of Public Health, there have been nearly 60,000 COVID-19 tests administered in Connecticut in the past seven days, resulting in 2,870 confirmed cases for a 4.88 percent average positive infection rate, up slig…
