Gov. Lamont also announced that nursing homes across the state will receive an additional five percent in funding.
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 inPolitics
Coronavirus advice from abroad: 7 lessons America’s governors should not ignore as they reopen their economies
Reopening is essential to save the economy, but the new normal will look nothing like the old normal.
Posted inPolitics
Candidates face an extra opponent: the coronavirus
In a time of social distancing, how can candidates introduce themselves to voters and get on the ballot?
Posted inNews
Two relatives of nursing home workers died of COVID-19 as overall hospitalizations dropped
“One day of data alone does not mean we are out of the woods and can return to life as normal,” warned Gov. Ned Lamont.
Posted inHealth
‘It’s not over ’til it’s over:’ Five things to know about hitting the COVID-19 peak
As the numbers of COVID-19 cases level off, it might appear we’re nearing the pandemic’s end. We’re not.
Posted inHealth
State nursing homes have COVID-19 infection rates of as high as 61%
In three homes, more than half of the residents have the coronavirus.
Posted inPolitics
Lamont postpones presidential primary until Aug. 11
Gov. Ned Lamont signed an order Friday postponing Connecticut’s increasingly irrelevant presidential primary until August 11.
Posted inHealth, Justice
Shifting plans and a COVID-19 outbreak at a Connecticut prison
“The facility is contaminated,” a Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center nursing supervisor wrote the DOC on April 6.
Posted inHealth
Connecticut’s COVID-19 death toll passes 1,000; first ‘rapid’ testing center opens in New Haven
“It’s a milestone tragic day,” Gov. Ned Lamont said Friday. The state’s death toll as of Friday was 1,036.
Posted inHealth
Where the COVID-19 cases and deaths are in Connecticut nursing homes
There have been 375 reported deaths in nursing homes from COVID-19 out of 1,713 cases. Here’s the breakdown.
Posted inPolitics
Ned Lamont’s crash course on a pandemic and a president
A peek at a governor’s life in the midst of a pandemic.
Posted inHealth
Amid calls for transparency, state releases nursing home data
Data show more than half of the nursing homes in Connecticut now have at least one confirmed case of COVID-19.
Posted inNews
Governor calls for phased-in approach to reopening economy
Reopening Connecticut’s economy will include considering hospitalization numbers, widespread COVID-19 testing and detailed tracking of infections in different regions.
Posted inMoney
Lamont, other governors, seek $500 billion in new coronavirus stimulus money for states
Besides pressing for more money, the nation’s governors are seeking flexibility in how they can use the funds.
Posted inHealth
Pandemic exposes stark health disparities generations in the making
Longtime minority advocates aren’t surprised by the disparities in healthcare made more apparent by the COVID-19 pandemic.
