CORRECTION: Story Alleging Unnecessary COVID Test Payments Retracted

Editor's note: This story has been updated and corrected. See below for the full explanation.

An investigative CT Mirror report alleging the state of Connecticut unnecessarily made payments to a Stamford-based firm for COVID-19 testing has been retracted.

In a story-length retraction Thursday, CT Mirror — a nonprofit, state news website — said its investigative piece posted Wednesday "contained a number of errors."

According to the Mirror's initial story, the state paid Sema4, a healthcare tech firm, nearly $3 million despite an alleged breach of contract caused when Sema4 told the state it would no longer do COVID testing, as that is not the firm's specialty.

But in the retraction reported Thursday, CT Mirror said Sema4 and other contractors responded to a request for proposals for COVID testing that was issued in June 2021.

The Mirror said a "master contract" did stipulate that testing would be needed through June 30 of this year, reads the Mirror's retraction.

But, according to the Mirror, state Department of Public Health agreements with Sema4 were set to expire in December 2021, "not in June 2022."

As a result, there was no breach of contract, according to the Mirror.

To read the CT Mirror retraction, visit this link.