What is COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut?
The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] began affecting the [[U.S. state]] of [[Connecticut]] in March 2020. On March 8, the first confirmed case was found. The patient was between 40 and 50 years old and lived in the town of [[Wilton, Connecticut|Wilton]]. They had traveled to [[California]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Coronavirus in Connecticut|magazine=New York Times|date=8 March 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/nyregion/coronavirus-connecticut.html|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> By June, the number of deaths from [[coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] was at least 3,970.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Sixty-Eight Test Positive for COVID-19 in the State|magazine=WFSB CBS Hartford|url=https://www.wfsb.com/news/timeline-more-coronavirus-cases-confirmed-in-ct/article_54edec52-67ad-11ea-8482-877cb5d00dcd.html|access-date=January 18, 2022|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622210359/https://www.wfsb.com/news/timeline-more-coronavirus-cases-confirmed-in-ct/article_54edec52-67ad-11ea-8482-877cb5d00dcd.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of January 17 and 18, 2022, the state had 653,416 cases of COVID-19. The number of deaths between January 13 and 17, 2022 was 9,442 people. About 1,857 were in the [[hospital]] for COVID-19 and its effects.<ref>{{cite document|title=The Connecticut COVID-19 Response|work=The Connecticut State Web Site|url=https://portal.ct.gov/Coronavirus|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> ==Further developments== By May 3, 2021, Connecticut had become the first state to [[COVID-19 vaccine|fully vaccinate]] at least 50% of its [[population]] against COVID-19.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Connecticut is First to Vaccinate Half of Adults Against COVID-19 Virus|magazine=CT Mirror|url=https://ctmirror.org/2021/05/03/ct-is-first-state-to-vaccinate-half-of-adults-against-covid|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]] * [[COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island]] * [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]] * [[COVID-19 pa