20 Connecticut Residents Test Positive for Coronavirus: CT Prepares As Numbers Expected To Rise
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Connecticut is on the rise.
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State officials confirmed 20 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19 in Connecticut on Friday.
Governor Ned Lamont said there are now 15 confirmed cases in Fairfield County, 3 cases in Litchfield County, 1 in New Haven County, and 1 in Hartford County.
So far, there are twenty confirmed cases in Connecticut:
- New Haven: A Yale New Haven Hospital worker tested positive for COVID-19. Two additional cases are being monitored
- Norwalk: A man in his 40s tested positive for COVID-19
- Rocky Hill: A woman in her 80s who is now at Hartford Hospital
- Greenwich: A man in his 40s and another man in his 20s tested positive for the virus.
- Darien: A man in his 50s tested positive fro the infection.
- Westport: The patient is a woman in her 40s.
- Wilton: The patient is between the ages of 40 and 50. The infection is believed to have happened during a trip to California.
- Bethlehem: A female in her 60s who is a healthcare worker at Bridgeport Hospital tested positive. A woman in her 30s and a man in his 60s also tested positive,
- New Canaan: An elderly man tested positive on Wednesday. The case is not connected to any known cases in the state, and Dept. of Public Health is assisting medical professionals to conduct the contract trace investigation.
- Stratford: A child tests positive for COVID-19. Before the positive test was announced, Wilcoxson Elementary School was closed after learning a student was exposed to a confirmed case of the coronavirus. All schools will now be closed until further notice.
- Stamford: Patient did not contract virus in the United States or in Stamford. The patient returned from international travel on March 10 and was preemptively isolated at Stamford Hospital. They tested positive on March 11.
Doctors are saying if you feel sick, or have a fever or cough, you might not need to rush to the hospital.
"If you have a fever and cough, and are in the south western part of the state, you should assume you have the coronavirus. You don't need a test to tell you that's what you have. You should assume that's the illness you have. Most people will get better at home, especially the younger you are, you should talk to your physician to give you advice on how to care for yourself with COVID-19 at home," said Dr. Matt Cartter, CT epidemiologist.
He said we shouldn't inundate the hospitals, and more than 80 percent of people will get better on their own, at home.
Dr. Ajay Kumar, chief clinical officer at Hartford Healthcare, said this isn't a time to panic, but to follow steps to stay healthy.
"This is unprecedented time that we’re living in right now, which we have never seen before for a long time. So this is a time for all of us to really remind ourselves that what we’re seeing right now in our community, we’re going to be seeing more of that. This is spreading in the community at this time," Kumar said.
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