COVID-19 Updates 10/19

COVID
October 19, 2020
GOVERNOR LAMONT PROVIDES UPDATE ON CONNECTICUT’S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE EFFORTS (Latest Data as of 5:00PM on Monday, October 19, 2020)
Data updates on testing in Connecticut

A county-by-county breakdown includes:


 

County

COVID-19 Cases

COVID-19 Deaths

COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Confirmed

Probable

Confirmed

Probable

Fairfield County

20,791

883

1,115

314

51

Hartford County

15,833

735

1,126

323

65

Litchfield County

1,942

91

122

21

1

Middlesex County

1,733

76

156

39

4

New Haven County

15,110

570

963

157

46

New London County

3,145

89

102

32

20

Tolland County

1,486

114

52

15

3

Windham County

1,251

15

16

1

5

Pending address validation

150

7

0

0

0

Total

61,441

2,580

3,652

902

195

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

This week the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) will hold public hearings on the performance of Eversource Energy and United Illuminating during Tropical Storm Isaias. And they need to hear your experience.

If you would like to offer testimony, please complete the linked form here.

Public comments will become part of the record and will be reviewed by PURA as part of the evidence in this proceeding. While PURA cannot respond directly to public comments, it can incorporate them in its decision-making process.

In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias, we heard from an overwhelming number of residents that Eversource and United Illuminating failed to adequately respond to the storm and inform customers. Last month we passed significant reforms to hold these companies accountable. The bill, known as "Take Back Our Grid," enacts the following:
  • Establishes Performance Based Ratemaking – where PURA sets standards the utilities must meet, develops metrics for determining progress, and allows the issuance of penalties if the utilities fail to meet the standard;
  • Requires the utilities to provide $25 daily bill credits and $250 total claim for food and medicine, as well as reduced charges to residential customers without power lasting more than 96 hours;
  • Ties the portion of executive salaries that come from ratepayers to the company's performance;
  • Develops minimum staffing levels for lineman, communications personnel and others to make sure the utilities respond to storms quickly and convey timely information to their customers.
We are staying on it and working to provide residents, like you, relief during these already challenging times.