Covid-19: Positivity Rate Stays Above 10 Percent In CT, 18 New Deaths Reported
The positive COVID-19 infection rate continues to rise in Connecticut, which reported nearly two dozen new deaths in the past week.
In the latest update on Thursday, May 5, the state Department of Public Health reported 18 more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total up to 10,858 since March 2020.
In the past seven days, there have been more than 62,000 COVID-19 PCR and NAAT tests administered in Connecticut, according to health officials, resulting in 6,420 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus for a 10.35 percent positivity rate, up slightly from the previous day.
Last week, the av…
Man, Woman Accused Of Stealing Hundreds Of Dollars Worth Of Items From CT Market
A man and a woman were arrested and accused of stealing more than $600 worth of merchandise from a Connecticut market.
Police in New Haven County responded to a report of shoplifting at Adams Hometown Market, located at 1391 New Haven Ave. in Milford, at about 4 p.m. on Monday, April 18, according to the Milford Police Department.
Jason Mann, age 50, and 40-year-old Maria Pagan, both residents of New London, were arrested following an investigation and charged with sixth-degree larceny and sixth-degree conspiracy to commit larceny, police said.
