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Connecticut’s one-day COVID positive rate hits 4.1%

The 4.1% rate is the state’s highest one-day number since early June. The new seven-day rolling average is 2.5%.

The last vestiges of bipartisan support for Gov. Ned Lamont’s use of emergency powers to manage the COVID-19 pandemic came undone Wednesday.

Despite a few flickers of hope that Connecticut was rounding the bend on COVID-19, nearly 200 new deaths were reported.