Daily coronavirus updates: Positivity rate down but COVID-19 hospitalizations hit six-week high; variants make up vast majority of Connecticut’s cases, researchers say Alex Putterman, Hartford Courant © Photo by Brad Horrigan | bhorrigan@courant.com\\r\\r\\r\\r\\r\\r\\r/Hartford Courant/TNS/Hartford Co. Adam Steinberg prepares to administer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to an employee in Hartford HealthCare Education Resource Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
Connecticut has more residents hospitalized with COVID-19 that at any time since Feb. 21, state numbers showed Friday, even as the state’s positivity rate show signs of trending back downward.
Gov. Ned Lamont announced 1,807 new COVID-19 cases Friday out of 53,584 tests, for a positivity rate of 3.4%. The state’s seven-day average also stands at 3.4%, down from 3.9% earlier this weekend.
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Monday, March 15, 2021
The state’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.8% in January, down a tick from December’s 6.9% rate but double the record low of 3.4% in May 2019. It is unclear what effect the mid-February winter storm had on employment, when power outages swept the state and many roads were impassable. We’ll find out next month.
What is certain is that state lawmakers must grapple with a revenue shortfall as they build a biennial budget, since sales tax revenues are down from the previous year. The state comptroller’s office announced February sales tax revenues totaled $2.68 billion, down 7.5% from the same period last year.