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COVID-19: Connecticut On Target For Full Reopening Of Schools, Lamont Says COVID-19: Connecticut On Target For Full Reopening Of Schools, Lamont Says
Covid-19: Connecticut On Target For Full Reopening Of Schools, Lamont Says Current health metrics for COVID-19 in Connecticut support a full reopening of schools statewide this fall, Gov. Ned Lamont announced late Thursday afternoon, July 30. The positivity rate for COVID testing in Connecticut has stayed between .05 percent and 1.2 percent the last month. "Right now the metrics indicate we can have a class experience with a mix of hybrid," Lamont said at a news briefing held in Hartford. Lamont said the hybrid models will be used more in the upper grades where it's more difficult to distance. Lamont said the type of hybrid models used by schools will be done on…