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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: Here's Latest Rundown Of CT Cases, Deaths, Other New Data
The daily COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut is back above 3 percent as the number of patients being treated for the virus in statewide hospitals rose slightly, according to the latest update from the Department of Public Health.
During the weekend that began on Friday, March 25, there were more than 33,000 COVID-19 tests administered in Connecticut, resulting in 1,014 confirmed COVID-19 cases for a 3.07 percent positivity rate, holding steady from the previous week.
Two new COVID-19 patients were admitted to Connecticut hospitals over the weekend, bringing the number being treated sta…
Covid-19: Positivity Rate Near 2.5 Percent In CT, 67 New Deaths Reported
The COVID-19 death toll in Connecticut has hit another dubious milestone as the number of fatalities topped 10,700 since the beginning of the pandemic.
In its latest update on Thursday, March 24, the state Department of Public Health reported 67 new virus-related deaths in the past week, as the number of deaths rose to 10,744 since March 2020.
On Wednesday, March 23, nearly 17,000 COVID-19 tests were administered in Connecticut, resulting in 439 confirmed new cases for a 2.64 percent daily positive infection rate, down a near full point from the previous day.
One more COVID-19 patient was …
Covid-19: Hospitalizations Up, Infection Rate Down In CT; Latest Breakdown Of Cases, Deaths
The daily COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut is back near 2 percent as the number of patients being treated for the virus in statewide hospitals rose slightly, according to the latest update from the Department of Public Health.
On Monday, March 7, there were more than 52,000 COVID-19 tests administered in Connecticut, resulting in 1,191 confirmed cases of the virus for a 2.28 percent daily positivity rate.
Over the weekend, the state recorded more than 2,700 COVID-19 cases with a 2.81 percent positivity rate, Gov. Ned Lamont noted.
Six more COVID-19 patients were administered to Conn…
Covid-19: Positivity Rate Steady In CT, 105 New Deaths Reported; Latest Breakdown Of Cases
The daily COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut held steady under 5 percent as the death toll in the state topped 10,300 since the beginning of the pandemic.
On Wednesday, Feb. 16, 11,542 COVID-19 tests were administered in Connecticut, resulting in 544 confirmed new cases for a 4.71 percent positive infection rate, up slightly from the previous day.
In January, the infection rate hovered above 20 percent for several weeks, peaking in the middle of the month.
One hundred and five new COVID-19 fatalities in the past week in Connecticut brought the death toll to 10,324 since March 2020.
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Covid-19: US Navy Commander Fired For Refusing To Get Vaccine, Tested
A US Navy commander has been relieved of his duties for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine and refusing to be tested for the virus, Navy officials said, according to multiple reports.
Cmdr. Lucian Kins was fired as second in command of the USS Winston Churchill, a destroyer, by Navy Capt. Ken Anderson, commander of the destroyer, on Friday, Dec. 10, according to Stars and Stripes, the daily American military newspaper.
Getting the COVID vaccine is mandatory for all service members under orders from the Pentagon.
Kins was dismissed for “failing to abide by lawful order," and…
