COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut

COVID-19 Pandemic in Connecticut
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationConnecticut, U.S.
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseWilton
Arrival date8 March 2020
(4 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Confirmed cases599,028
Suspected cases68,202
Hospitalized cases1,733 (current)
Deaths
9,683
Government website
portal.ct.gov/coronavirus
Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out.

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, 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, 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]

  1. ^ "COVID-19 Update" (PDF). CT.gov. January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in Connecticut - Update for 01/19/2022". Connecticut Open Data. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.