Here is the latest on the coronavirus outbreak in the region:
New Haven, Bridgeport, and Norwalk have all moved back to Phase 2 restrictions. As a result, New Haven schools will not reopen as planned on November 9th.
Connecticut’s COVID-19 infection rate has spiked to 6.1 percent, the highest it has been since June. At least 30 Connecticut cities and towns are under red alert status for daily positive rates of over 15 per 100,000 people over the last two weeks.
Long Island and Westchester County, New York have positive rates around 1.6 percent. Governors Ned Lamont and Andrew Cuomo are discouraging travel to neighboring states.
Data shows hundreds of Connecticut workers have filed COVID-19 related complaints to the federal government about potential health and safety violations. Only two companies in the state have been penalized since March.
Governor Cuomo says a new inquiry from the Justice Department into how New York and other states led by Democratic governors handled nursing home policy during the pandemic is politically timed. Federal prosecutors have demanded data from hundreds of private facilities.