As Connecticut and the U.S. aim for an eventual resolution to the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers have begun to receive shots delivering Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. That hopeful news comes as the U.S. death toll from the virus passes 300,000, the most of any nation by far.
In his Monday afternoon news briefing, Gov. Ned Lamont said that while the state's hospitals are admitting more COVID-19 patients, the increase is not overwhelming the system. 1,243 are hospitalized (a state high of 1,972 was reached on Apr. 21).
"If the hospitals decide they're getting closer to capacity, they can throttle down on the electives," said the governor. "They're doing some of that on a voluntary basis. Some of our other states are doing that more aggressively."
The Connecticut Dept. of Public Health reported 7,231 positive COVID-19 tests in a 72-hour period concluding Sunday night (a positive rate of 6.1%).