Coronavirus CT Update: Another Death, 469 New Cases

CONNECTICUT — Since Saturday, an additional 469 Connecticut residents tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total to 1,993 cases across the state, officials said. Thirty-four people have died. One additional death was reported Sunday.

A total of 404 people have been hospitalized. The state Department of Public Health said that the increase in hospitalizations compared to prior reports reflects a change to provide the most up-to-date information from the Connecticut Hospital Association.

Of the deaths, 21 were in Fairfield County, six were in New Haven County, four were in Tolland County, two were in Hartford County, and one was in Middlesex County. Twenty-two were older than 80, seven were between the ages of 70 and 79, two were between the ages of 60 and 69, and three were between 40 and 59.

More than 11,900 Connecticut residents have been tested.

Fairfield County has 1,245 cases, New Haven County has 280, Hartford County has 276, Litchfield County has 87, Tolland County has 40, Middlesex County has 38, New London County has 20, and Windham County has seven.

Towns reporting the most cases include Norwalk at 226, Danbury at 182, Stamford at 126, Westport at 114, Greenwich at 93, and Ridgefield at 69.

Town-by-town coronavirus cases as of Sunday afternoon:

Andover 0
Ansonia 7
Ashford 0
Avon 6
Barkhamsted 0
Beacon Falls 1
Berlin 11
Bethany 0
Bethel 29
Bethlehem 3
Bloomfield 6
Bolton 2
Bozrah 0
Branford 12
Bridgeport 52
Bridgewater 2
Bristol 9
Brookfield 52
Brooklyn 0
Burlington 4
Canaan 0
Canterbury 0
Canton 1
Chaplin 0
Cheshire 9
Chester 0
Clinton 5
Colchester 2
Colebrook 0
Columbia 2
Cornwall 1
Coventry 4
Cromwell 4
Danbury 182
Darien 40
Deep River 2
Derby 6
Durham 1
East Granby 1
East Haddam 1
East Hampton 3
East Hartford 11
East Haven 7
East Lyme 2
East Windsor 0
Eastford 1
Easton 3
Ellington 1
Enfield 16
Essex 1
Fairfield 29
Farmington 12
Franklin 1
Glastonbury 11
Goshen 0
Granby 0
Greenwich 93

Griswold 0
Groton 2
Guilford 3
Haddam 1
Hamden 14
Hampton 0
Hartford 39
Hartland 0
Harwinton 4
Hebron 1
Kent 3
Killingly 2
Killingworth 1
Lebanon 2
Ledyard 1
Lisbon 2
Litchfield 2
Lyme 1
Madison 7
Manchester 16
Mansfield 0
Marlborough 2
Meriden 16
Middlebury 5
Middlefield 0
Middletown 12
Milford 12
Monroe 6
Montville 1
Morris 1
Naugatuck 7
New Britain 20
New Canaan 29
New Fairfield 25
New Hartford 1
New Haven 56
New London 1
New Milford 24
Newington 21
Newtown 26
Norfolk 1
North Branford 1
North Canaan 0
North Haven 2
North Stonington 0
Norwalk 226
Norwich 2
Old Lyme 1
Old Saybrook 4
Orange 7
Oxford 7
Plainfield 0
Plainville 5
Plymouth 1
Pomfret 0
Portland 2
Preston 0

Prospect 2
Putnam 0
Redding 16
Ridgefield 69
Rocky Hill 14
Roxbury 2
Salem 0
Salisbury 3
Scotland 0
Seymour 9
Sharon 3
Shelton 24
Sherman 3
Simsbury 5
Somers 0
South Windsor 7
Southbury 7
Southington 16
Sprague 0
Stafford 15
Stamford 126
Sterling 0
Stonington 1
Stratford 22
Suffield 7
Thomaston 5
Thompson 1
Tolland 6
Torrington 14
Trumbull 14
Union 0
Vernon 8
Voluntown 1
Wallingford 5
Warren 0
Washington 6
Waterbury 52
Waterford 0
Watertown 6
West Hartford 9
West Haven 20
Westbrook 1
Weston 23
Westport 114
Wethersfield 10
Willington 1
Wilton 42
Winchester 1
Windham 0
Windsor 15
Windsor Locks 2
Wolcott 3
Woodbridge 3
Woodbury 4
Woodstock 3

Connecticut declared a major disaster area by FEMA after request by Gov. Lamont

Early Sunday, Lamont said the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved his request for a Major Disaster Declaration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The move unlocks additional federal assistance programs for the state.

Lamont said the approval is for public assistance, meaning that impacted state agencies and municipalities in all eight counties will be reimbursed for 75 percent of the costs associated with their response and emergency protective measures.

According to FEMA, the disaster declaration includes federal dollars for public assistance "for communities to quickly respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies." It approves emergency work that "must be performed to reduce or eliminate an immediate threat to life, protect public health and safety, and to protect improved property that is significantly threatened."

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CDC issues travel advisory for Connecticut

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at the urging of President Donald Trump, issued a "domestic travel advisory" for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The travel advisory means Connecticut residents shouldn't travel to other states for the next 14 days unless they are considered an "employee of critical infrastructure industries." The CDC said the "governors of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut will have full discretion to implement this Domestic Travel Advisory."

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Lamont Sunday toured Guilford biomedical company producing ventilators

Lamont placed an order for 100 ventilators with Guilford manufacturing company Bio-Med Devices. On Sunday, he visited the headquarters of Bio-Med Devices, where he toured the manufacturing facility. Employees at the company have been working seven days a week to keep up with demand.

“We’re working every day to ensure that our state’s hospitals have access to the resources they need to keep our residents safe and healthy, and I am proud that we are partnering with a company like Bio-Med Devices that will provide our hospitals with a critical resource that we need at this time,” Lamont said.