The unsatisfying answer is that the data are limited in what they can show, particularly now.
COVID-19
The Connecticut Mirror is covering the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in Connecticut. Read our most recent stories and in-depth reporting below.
Posted inHealth
The vaccine effect: COVID cases jump, not hospitalizations or fatalities
Officials credit Connecticut’s success in vaccinating older residents for keeping the COVID-19 death rate low as cases rise.
Posted inHealth
More than 1,800 people could get vaccinated at home under new DPH program
Residents who wish to receive a vaccine at home must assert they are physically unable to get to a clinic.
Posted inNews
COVID hospitalizations rise at Yale; Younger people account for more cases
The state’s COVID test positivity rate on Tuesday increased to 5.26%.
Posted inPolitics
Senate extends Lamont’s COVID-19 emergency powers
The bill ratifies Gov. Ned Lamont’s pandemic declarations and extends his authority by one month until May 20.
Posted inHealth
State outlines medical conditions for special access to COVID vaccine; clinics planned for high school students
The state is trying to provide speedier vaccine access for people with five medical conditions.
Posted inNews
CT Supreme Court releases opinion declaring Ned Lamont’s emergency powers constitutional
The court upheld the constitutionality of the state’s emergency power laws and the governor’s exercise of his authority under them.
Posted inHealth
FEMA rolls out new mobile vaccine center at Bridgeport zoo
A new federal initiative to vaccinate underserved communities will be unveiled today at the Beardsley Zoo.
Posted inGovernment
Poor people are still suffering from economic downturn brought by COVID
Communities that were already struggling with poverty before the pandemic were hit particularly hard when the jobs vanished.
Posted inEducation
Hartford schools re-opening for in-person learning without teachers union buy-in
Teachers favored returning after April break when they will all be vaccinated.
Posted inHealth, Investigations
CT to hire 71-member ‘campaign’ team to push vaccines in 10 cities
Grossman Solutions will be paid from a $24 million fund of federal money.
Posted inHealth
State moves up vaccine timeline for everyone over 16 to April 1
Officials accelerated the timeline because they expect a large influx of vaccine in the coming weeks.
Posted inPolitics
Partisan battle heats up over Lamont’s emergency powers
Republican legislators charged Tuesday that once-necessary emergency powers granted Gov. Ned Lamont now are used to avoid government transparency.
Posted inMoney
How CT spends billions in latest federal relief will shape its economic future
Policymakers face unprecedented challenges deciding how to spend $6 billion-plus in new federal pandemic relief.
Posted inHealth
Since Friday, 80,000 people 45 to 54 signed up for COVID vaccine appointments, state says
As of Monday, 22% of people in that age bracket have received at least their first dose of the vaccine.
