Hamden Coronavirus Update: More Than 300 Confirmed Cases, 5 Dead

HAMDEN, CT — Hamden Mayor Curt Balzano Leng announced Tuesday that the town has now surpassed 300 positive cases of the new coronavirus after 18 more local residents were among those who were added to the growing list by local and state health officials. According to Leng, 316 town residents have tested positive while five deaths have been confirmed in the community, Leng wrote in a social media post.

“We must do everything in our power to follow the Center for Disease Control recommendations for reducing exposure and slow the spread,” Leng wrote in a post on his Facebook page on Tuesday. “We are in the community expansion/surge period right now. Everything we do, each day we stay home, every time we wear our facial coverings, every time we are sure to limit our trips to the store, wash our hands and avoid touching our faces will mean less people get sick and less people will lose their life.”

He added: “We have to do this together. We can do it, as a community, I know we can, but we all have to have skin in the game and do our part.”

According to latest records, there have been 14,755 confirmed cases of the virus and a total of 1,908 people are hospitalized statewide. More than 50,000 people have been tested for COVID-19., according to state health officials.

On Wednesday, Gov. Ned Lamont announced that 197 more Connecticut residents have died, taking the statewide total to 868. In his daily press briefing, Lamont cited the bump in confirmed deaths to a catching up in data by state officials who report their latest findings. On Monday, Leng wrote that he suspects that thousands of more local residents would likely test positive but either have not or will not be tested.