<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Maryanne Melley<div>President </div><div>National Federation of</div><div>the Blind of Connecticut </div><div><br></div><div>“Live the life you want”</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Sigman, Brian" <Brian.Sigman@ct.gov><br><b>Date:</b> June 26, 2020 at 9:04:29 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> DORS-DL BESB <DORS-DLBESB@ct.gov><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: GOVERNOR LAMONT PROVIDES UPDATE ON CONNECTICUT'S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE EFFORTS</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From: Sullivan, Kathleen <Kathleen.Sullivan@ct.gov>
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Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 11:21 AM<br>
Subject: FW: GOVERNOR LAMONT PROVIDES UPDATE ON CONNECTICUT'S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE EFFORTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GOVERNOR LAMONT PROVIDES UPDATE ON CONNECTICUT’S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE EFFORTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Latest Data as of 6:30PM on Wednesday, June 24, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(HARTFORD, CT) – As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor
Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2020:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Data updates on testing in Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The following is a summary of the day-to-day newly reported data on cases, deaths, and tests in Connecticut. It is important to note that these
newly reported updates include data that occurred over the last several days to a week. All data in this report are preliminary, and data for previous dates will be updated as new reports are received and data errors are corrected.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(includes confirmed and probable cases)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">45,913<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">+14<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4,287<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">+10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">-14<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">COVID-19 PCR Tests Reported<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">400,391<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*A total of 1,175 new test results were reported since the last report and 2,770 previously reported PCR tests were removed due to correction
of data errors.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">County-by-county breakdown:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">COVID-19 Hospitalizations</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fairfield County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">15,896<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">631<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,067<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">303<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">47<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hartford County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10,782<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">668<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,044<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">312<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">28<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Litchfield County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,406<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">63<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">116<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">20<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Middlesex County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,214<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">59<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">141<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">38<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">8<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New Haven County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">11,838<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">389<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">916<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">150<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">37<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New London County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,159<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">62<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">76<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">26<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tolland County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">828<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">70<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">50<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">14<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Windham County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">581<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">13<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pending address validation<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">250<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">0<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Total<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">43,954<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1,959<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3,423<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">864<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">124<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For several additional graphs and tables containing more data, including a list of cases in every municipality, visit
<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fct.gov%2Fcoronavirus&data=01%7C01%7CKathleen.Sullivan%40ct.gov%7C74f56920e7e64c8d655908d81894d20c%7C118b7cfaa3dd48b9b02631ff69bb738b%7C0&sdata=35L8JVf5cechnm5SKaEGpS1Z9bF0FxjK5DNgnMBOgxg%3D&reserved=0">
ct.gov/coronavirus</a> and click the link that is labeled, “COVID-19 Data Tracker.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Governor Lamont signs 55<sup>th</sup> executive order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Governor Lamont today signed another executive order – the 55<sup>th</sup> since he enacted the emergency declarations – that builds upon his
efforts to encourage mitigation strategies that slow down transmission of the virus.
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Executive Order No. 7BBB</a> enacts the following provisions:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Safety advisory regarding travel from states with high infection rates: Requires the commissioner of the Department
of Public Health to issue a travel advisory for self-quarantine of people who arrive in Connecticut from states with significant community spread of COVID-19.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Amended deadline for candidates to withdraw from presidential primary: Moves up the deadline by which presidential candidates
need to request that their name be removed from the ballot for the August 11 primary, and moves up the date for the secretary of the state to choose by lottery the order of names on the presidential primary ballot. This will allow the secretary to finalize
preparations and for election officials to order and public ballots sooner.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Accelerated date to finalize order of names on presidential primary ballot: Moves up the date by which the Secretary
of the State is required to determine by lot the order in which names of candidates will appear on the ballot for the 2020 presidential preference primary.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Temporary commercial pesticide junior operator certification: Allows the commissioner of the Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection to issue temporary certifications for commercial junior pesticide operators before candidates have completed the examination, and defer the fees until a permanent certification is issued.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Authority to modify enhanced health procedures in child care and day camps: Authorizes the commissioner of the Office
of Early Childhood to modify the enhanced health procedures required in child care facilities and day camps in order to permit the safe provision of adequate child care services while protecting children, staff, and their families from transmission of COVID-19.<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Connecticut ranked as one of only four states on track to contain COVID-19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Connecticut is one of only four states in the nation that are on track to contain COVID-19,
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according to a study by Covid Act Now</a>. The organization is highlighting the state’s steadily decreasing rate of cases, while also stating that its preparedness efforts “meets or exceeds international standards.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The other states identified as on track to contain COVID-19 are also in the northeast and include New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Governor Lamont encourages residents to sign up for the state’s CT<i>Alert</i> notification system<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Governor Lamont is encouraging Connecticut residents to sign up for CT<i>Alert</i>, the state’s emergency alert system, which provides text message
notifications to users. To subscribe, text the keyword COVIDCT to 888-777.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Providing information to Connecticut residents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For the most up-to-date information from the State of Connecticut on COVID-19, including an FAQ and other guidance and resources, residents are
encouraged to visit <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fct.gov%2Fcoronavirus&data=01%7C01%7CKathleen.Sullivan%40ct.gov%7C74f56920e7e64c8d655908d81894d20c%7C118b7cfaa3dd48b9b02631ff69bb738b%7C0&sdata=35L8JVf5cechnm5SKaEGpS1Z9bF0FxjK5DNgnMBOgxg%3D&reserved=0">
ct.gov/coronavirus</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Individuals who have general questions that are not answered on the website can also call 2-1-1 for assistance. The hotline is available 24 hours
a day and has multilingual assistance. Relay services can be accessed by calling 7-1-1. Anyone who is out-of-state or using Relay can connect to Connecticut 2-1-1 toll free by dialing 1-800-203-1234. The hotline is intended to be used by individuals who are
not experiencing symptoms but may have general questions related to COVID-19. Anyone who is experiencing symptoms are strongly urged to contact their medical provider.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For Immediate Release: June 24, 2020<br>
Contact: Connecticut Joint Information Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:COVID19.JIC@ct.gov">COVID19.JIC@ct.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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