Josh Elliott

Governor Lamont Provides Update On Connecticut’s Coronavirus Response Efforts

(Latest Data as of 6:00PM on Monday, May 11, 2020)

Data updates on testing in Connecticut

A county-by-county breakdown includes:

For several additional graphs and tables containing more data, including a list of cases in every municipality, click here.

Governor Lamont signs 39^th executive order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19

Governor Lamont today signed another executive order – the 39^th since he enacted the emergency declarations – that builds upon his efforts to encourage mitigation strategies that slow down transmission of the virus. Executive Order No. 7LL enacts the following provisions:

• Modifications to the petitioning process for the August primary: Makes modifications to the existing statutory petitioning process for minor parties, unaffiliated petitioning candidates, and major party candidates who fail to receive fifteen percent at a major party district convention and wish to run in the August primary as follows:
  • Reduces by 30 percent the number of signatures required;
  • Extends the deadline for submission of petitions by two days; and
  • Permits an individual to sign and mail or email to a candidate a petition containing only that individual’s signature, provided the individual makes all the required representations and attestations under penalty of false statement.

**Download: Governor Lamont’s Executive Order No. 7LL

State Reopen Plan

As a result of daily decline in hospitalizations across the state, Governor Lamont announced Saturday phase 1 of Connecticut’s reopening plans. Below are details and criteria to reopen.

The first phase – which includes restaurants; offices; hair salons and barbershops; retail stores; and outdoor museums and zoos – is currently planned to take effect beginning May 20.

Documents containing the rules for the first phase of reopening have been published on the state’s coronavirus website and are available to download directly at these links:

• Hair Salons & Barbershops
• Museums and Zoos (Outdoor Only)
• Offices
• Restaurants (Outdoor Only)
• Retail & Malls

All businesses subject to these rules will be required to self-certify prior to opening on May 20. The certification system will be online beginning next week.

Connecticut Department of Public Health distributes its first allotment of remdesivir to acute care hospitals across the state

Over the weekend, the Connecticut Department of Public Health distributed the state’s first allotment of remdesivir to acute care hospitals. The medication, produced by Gilead Sciences Inc.’s, has shown promise in helping patients infected with COVID-19. It was recently authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for patients who have severe symptoms of COVID-19.

So far, the state has received 30 cases of 40 doses each, for a total of 1,200 doses. The Lamont administration is coordinating with Connecticut’s Congressional delegation and the Connecticut Hospital Association to secure more doses for the state. Gilead has committed to supply approximately 607,000 vials of remdesivir over the next six weeks in the United States. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is allocating those supplies to the states.