Hospital officials worry that people who are experiencing symptoms of heart attacks and strokes are not seeking emergency medical care.
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 inGovernment, Health
Coronavirus is increasing substance use – and decreasing treatment availability, providers say
Fewer beds and greater expenses are kneecapping addiction treatment facilities just as the need is about to rise.
Posted inNews
As Connecticut hits COVID-19 peak, focus shifts to tracing and testing
Aggressive COVID-19 testing and contact tracing are the keys to easing restrictions on commerce that have left 439,000 residents unemployed.
Posted inNews
CT DOL is processing $600 stimulus checks for unemployed
Tweaks to Connecticut’s unemployment computer system will allow the payment of $600 stimulus checks.
Posted inJustice
Federal class action lawsuit filed to protect Danbury prison inmates from COVID-19
The lawsuit demands federal officials release medically vulnerable inmates to home confinement and take steps to allow more social distancing.
Posted inHealth
Social distancing will be part of ‘new normal’ in Connecticut
With hospitalizations falling for five straight days, officials are preparing Connecticut for what an easing of restrictions might mean.
Posted inHealth
National Guard members join health officials in nursing home inspection efforts
Guard members will help ‘beef up’ inspections of nursing homes — the origin of half the state’s COVID-19 fatalities.
Posted inJustice
Left in the dark: families with loved ones in Danbury prison
It’s not clear how many inmates have been released from the Danbury federal prison into home confinement.
Posted inHealth, Money
Other sectors may be struggling, but package stores are thriving
Business is much better, one liquor store owner says, but for all the wrong reasons.
Posted inHealth
A town-by-town look at COVID infection and death rates
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 declined for the fourth straight day Sunday.
Posted inNews
Seniors with COVID-19 show unusual symptoms, doctors say
The usual symptoms – shortness of breath, fever – aren’t present in all seniors with a positive diagnosis.
Posted inHealth
State plans to increase testing capacities as death toll climbs
As Connecticut reported an additional 98 deaths Saturday, Gov. Ned Lamont said the state plans to increase testing capacity.
Posted inHealth, Justice
State judge dismisses ACLU COVID-19 state lawsuit, hours before second inmate dies
A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to remove inmates from correctional facilities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Posted inNews
Coronavirus complicates births for moms and babies
Giving birth in the era of COVID-19 causes complexity and complications.
Posted inHealth
COVID-19 deaths among CT nursing home residents doubles since mid-April
Nursing home resident fatalities now represent 50% of all COVID-19-related deaths in Connecticut.
