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Though a soft launch happened days ago, the state says it plans to officially launch the pandemic “Hero Pay” program in the coming days.

A 63-year-old man who was recently imprisoned has died of COVID-19, Dept. of Correction officials said. The inmate was undergoing treatment for a terminal illness at a hospital since becoming imprisoned in February. He had tested positive for COVID-19 back in February, and died on Wednesday, officials said. DOC officials said every inmate admitted to the facility is quarantined for…

The CDC has approved the covid vaccine for children 5 and under. Parents’ opinions about getting their kids vaccinated vary, from caution to excitement.

Connecticut’s seven-day rolling COVID-19 positivity rate on Thursday is below 9%. State data shows that the positivity rate currently stands at 8.79%, which is a decrease of 0.02% since Thursday. Gov. Ned Lamont office said there were 3,203 positive tests out of 36,424 in the last week and the number of people hospitalized is 259. The number of patients decreased…

Connecticut’s 7-day rolling COVID-19 positivity rate is up slightly at 11.16%. Thursday’s positivity rate was 10.83%, according to the governor’s office. A total of 32,649 tests have been reported in the last week, and 3,643 were positive, according to state data. There are 329 people hospitalized with COVID-19 throughout the state. The most recent COVID-19 death toll in the state…

For the first time in a long time, many students and teachers in the state will not have to wear a face mask as the mandate is dropped.

As omicron cases are going up, so is something else: the cost of important supplies in the fight against COVID-19.

The new commissioner of the Department of Public Health said Thursday the state’s daily COVID-19 infection rate appears to have plateaued and that could be a good sign as long as people continue to get vaccinated.

Connecticut currently has the lowest average Covid-19 cases in the country, Gov. Ned Lamont said at a press conference Thursday, though he stressed continued caution with the virus as we continue to see around 600 new cases a day.

Coronavirus variants continue to spread in Connecticut and across the country, and on Thursday the state released the latest data. The state Department of Public Health said there are different categories they consider – those of “high consequence,” those of “concern,” and those of “interest,” based on factors like how easily a strain can spread. B.1.1.7 (first detected in the…

Experts explain what causes COVID-19 variants to spread as five variants were detected in the state.

COVID-19 cases are soaring across the country, and no area is currently harder hit than Los Angeles County in California. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in LA, a public hospital with 131 beds, has stretched its capacity to now treat over 200 patients. Dr. Elaine Batchlor, the hospital’s CEO, explains how her staff is stretching its capacity limits and...

The state is ramping up the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process and today, the state’s Vaccine Advisory Committee met to discuss who should be part of the next phase of the rollout. The big question is who will be next? So far, in Phase 1A health care workers, people who live in long-term care facilities and first responders have been...

The state is ramping up the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process and today, the state’s Vaccine Advisory Committee is set to meet to decide who should be part of the next phase of the rollout.

Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate went down to 5.29% and hospitalizations have increased by 55. There are currently 1,111 people hospitalized with the virus in the state. The state’s 7-day rolling positivity rate average is 6.6%, according to Gov. Ned Lamont. An additional 69 more people have died from the virus since Saturday. The death toll is now 6,168. The state’s…

A recent study by the de Beaumont Foundation found that heath officials need to change the language they use to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine in order to build the public’s confidence in taking it. LX News talked to de Beaumont Foundation CEO Brian Castrucci, who shared four tips you can use when talking to vaccine skeptics in your life.

Studies show there is still a good deal of mistrust in the coronavirus vaccines as the first wave of shots is rolling out to millions of Americans across the country. Dr. Khalilah Gates and Dr. Melissa Simon, both of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and who have both already received a first dose of the vaccine, talked to LX...

More than 3,300 COVID-19 deaths were recorded Tuesday, with health officials warning more grim days are ahead.