#Connecticut is the newest state to join others in green on our COVID risk map.
Cases are steadily decreasing and Connecticut’s COVID preparedness meets or exceeds international standards.
Cases are steadily decreasing and Connecticut’s COVID preparedness meets or exceeds international standards.
In #Connecticut - on average, each person with COVID is infecting 0.75 other people.
Because each person is infecting less than one other person, the total number of current cases in Connecticut is shrinking.
Because each person is infecting less than one other person, the total number of current cases in Connecticut is shrinking.
A low percentage (1.4%) of COVID tests were positive, which suggests enough widespread, aggressive testing in #Connecticut to detect most new cases.
Identifying and isolating new cases can help contain COVID without resorting to lockdowns.
Identifying and isolating new cases can help contain COVID without resorting to lockdowns.
What really shifted #Connecticut over to green today was new data showing they have increased their contact tracers significantly.
When this level of tracing is coupled with widely available testing, COVID can be contained without resorting to lockdowns.
When this level of tracing is coupled with widely available testing, COVID can be contained without resorting to lockdowns.
