The COVID-19 effect in Connecticut: The time to process a jobless claim has jumped from three days to three weeks.
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 inMoney
Deal reached on massive coronavirus bill, but hurdles remain
The bill would pour billions into states like Connecticut, give Americans $1,200 checks and boost unemployment benefits.
Posted inHealth
New Haven’s Grant St. shelter emptied due to COVID-19
Cornell Scott Hill Health Center in New Haven has removed all patients from its Grant Street inpatient addiction-recovery facility after two people there tested positive for Covid-19. It has also taken steps at all its facilities to enable people to get health care without getting sick.
Posted inHealth
Some states are reporting incomplete COVID-19 results, blurring the full picture
Several states are reporting only positive COVID-19 test results from private labs, a practice that paints a misleading picture of how fast the disease is spreading.
Posted inNews
Connecticut residents stuck abroad during coronavirus: ‘Come and get us’
De Chabert, a resident of Madison, her 77-year-old mother Lesley Bravi, and her niece Abbi Bravi are among thousands of Americans seeking help in returning to the United States from overseas during the global disease outbreak.
Posted inEconomic Development, Money
Trump wants normalcy. Lamont, Cuomo warn the worst is yet to come
President Donald Trump told America it will soon be time to go back to work. If only, say the governors.
Posted inHealth
Lamont says no prison releases because of COVID-19 despite pressure from advocates
Despite the governor’s statements, more people were released from prison so far this month than in the same period in previous years.
Posted inPolitics
CT lawmakers grapple with how to serve constituents, conduct duties, in coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus crisis has physically isolated Connecticut’s lawmakers from their constituents and brought unpredictable challenges.
Posted inHealth, Justice
First judicial marshal confirmed positive for coronavirus
Eleven staffers at the Torrington courthouse are in quarantine after one judicial marshal tests positive for COVID-19.
Posted inHealth
DMV ordered hundreds of Wethersfield staffers back to work after employees tested positive for COVID-19
The DMV commissioner directed hundreds of employees to report to the Wethersfield office Tuesday despite several confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Posted inHealth
Connecticut virus deaths rising, and Lamont expects schools to remain closed until fall
Two people are dead and 16 others have tested positive for COVID-19 at Benchmark Senior Living in Ridgefield.
Posted inHealth
Yale converts gym space for COVID-19
Yale has repurposed a complex in its Payne-Whitney Gym into a subacute-care facility for university community members who have contracted covid-19 but don’t need to go to the hospital.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
On the balance between personal and economic health
Americans are being forced into seclusion as our leaders try to contain the coronavirus. There are many unknowns here. But there is one thing for sure. In the process, they are crashing the economy.
Posted inNews
COVID-19 forcing Connecticut health care providers to ration protective masks
Reports vary on the availability of N95 masks and the urgency on the part of healthcare workers to obtain them.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Connecticut farms are essential services, but are mostly on their own
Connecticut farms that provide food are essential services, but staying open will still take ingenuity.
