Gov. Ned Lamont said on Monday that he still does not have immediate plans to tighten Connecticut’s coronavirus-related restrictions, even as other states begin to impose additional restrictions in response to rising hospitalization numbers.
“We’re following [hospitalization metrics] really closely ... and I think we’re going to have to wait a bit longer,” Lamont said at a Monday afternoon press briefing. “Not everything results in closing things down.”
For Friday through Sunday, the state reported a positivity rate of 6.5%, after identifying 8,129 new coronavirus cases out of 123,021 tests administered. The state’s daily positivity rate -- which measures the percent of tests that are positive for COVID-19 -- has jumped around in recent weeks, fluctuating from a low of 4.