CT to remove most COVID capacity limits starting March 19
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Gov. Ned LamontJohn Minchillo / Associated Press
On a day when Connecticut’s COVID positivity rate was the lowest it’s been in weeks, Gov. Ned Lamont announced a reopening plan Thursday that will allow restaurants and most businesses to return to full capacity this month.
But masks and social distancing will still be required.
Starting March 19, capacity limits will be lifted at all restaurants, retail stores, personal services facilities, houses of worship, museums, aquariums, zoos, office buildings and other similar businesses.
Commercial gatherings like wedding halls will be limited to 100 people indoors and 200 outside. Private residential gatherings will be limited to 25 people inside and 100 outside.
Hit dramatically by COVID : Connecticut retailers discuss pandemic struggles with Blumenthal
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, held an online forum with the Connecticut Retail Merchants Association on Friday, Feb. 27, 2021 to hear the concerns of retailers around the state.File photo
As President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief package advances through Congress, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal heard Friday from Connecticut retailers who spoke of the struggles their businesses are still facing nearly a year since the pandemic hit in the state.
Additional federal assistance is needed more than ever, business owners said during the online forum co-hosted by the Connecticut Retail Merchants Association. Nearly 22,700 small businesses around the state have been approved for nearly $2 billion in forgivable loans through the latest round of the federal Paycheck Protection Program, but many merchants are still suffering.
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