This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: Most sub-sections in the "Timeline" section need to be thoroughly updated with CT-related COVID-19 events.(September 2021) |
COVID-19 Pandemic in Connecticut | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Connecticut, U.S. |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Wilton |
Arrival date | 8 March 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) |
Confirmed cases | 599,028 |
Suspected cases‡ | 68,202 |
Hospitalized cases | 1,733 (current) |
Deaths | 9,683 |
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‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. |
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The first confirmed case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. state of Connecticut was confirmed on March 8, although there had previously been multiple people suspected of having COVID-19, all of which eventually tested negative. As of January 19, 2022[update], there were 599,028 confirmed cases, 68,202 suspected cases, and 9,683 COVID-associated deaths in the state.[1]
As of January 17, 2022[update], 2,943,928 people (81.07% of the state's population) have received at least an initial dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 2,573,422 people (70.86% of the state's population) have been fully vaccinated.[2]