Danbury Coronavirus: Boughton: 'We Are Flattening This Curve'

DANBURY, CT — In his Wednesday evening news conference, Mayor Mark Boughton said that Danbury is "flattening this curve," referring to the bell curve graph that depicts new cases of, and hospitalizations, for COVID-19.

"Why is that important? It's important because it gives our hospital time to handle the influx of patients," Boughton said.

The Institute for Health Metrics, whose influential coronavirus projection model is used by the White House, predicted Wednesday that the coronavirus outbreak will peak on April 22 in Connecticut, estimating growing death tolls up to 138 per day until the top of that bell curve is reached.

The number of new coronavirus cases in Connecticut increased by 1,000 over a 24-hour period and now has reached 8,781 cases. Connecticut also reported an additional 58 deaths over the past day, bringing the total number to 335.