Gov. Ned Lamont
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61 new deaths in coronavirus pandemic brings statewide total to 2,566
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Gov. Ned Lamont announced another 61 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, with a new statewide total of 2,566, but the twelfth consecutive day of declining hospitalizations keeps the state on track for opening up later in the month.
There was a net decrease of 24 hospitalization, making the total of 1,464, equal to the number of COVID-19 cases in hospitals back on April 9.
“Fairfield, Hartford and New Haven counties are all on a downward trend,” Lamont said during his daily news briefing in the State Capitol.
Over the weekend there was a net reduction of 104 COVID-19 patients in state hospitals, bringing the total down to 1,488. But there were 156 more fatalities for a total of 2.495 since the first death on March 17.