COVID-19 IN CONNECTICUT
Officials: 415 residents, including 1 from Plainville, have tested positive By Matthew Zabierek and Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
According to the state Department of Health, 415 residents had tested positive statewide as of 7:15 p.m. Monday night. Those cases included three Southington residents, two Berlin residents, and one Plainville resident.
By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff
Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday he is ordering all schools to remain closed until at least April 20 instead of the original order to close until March 31.
“The extended period of ‘in-school class cancellations’ is consistent with
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. Courtesy of CDC
Health officials won’t be working to trace people who may have come into contact with the three new coronavirus patients from Southington confirmed over the weekend.
Shane Lockwood, PlainvilleSouthington Regional Health District director, said recommendations on hygiene, quarantine and social distancing remain the same. He See Positive, A8
the longer term closures the federal CDC suggested could take place,” Peter Yazbak said in an e-mail. School leaders continue to fine tune their remote learning programs during the closure. “It appears the governor will now keep schools closed until at least April 20th,” said Meriden Superintendent of Schools Mark Benigni. “MPS will continue to provide distance learning for all of our students. I am so See Schools, A7
Income tax filing deadline pushed back By Martin Crutsinger Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The income tax filing date has been pushed back from April 15, to July 15, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. Mnuchin announced the decision in a tweet Friday, March 20 saying that at
President Donald Trump’s direction “we are moving Tax Day from April 15 to July 15. All taxpayers and businesses will have this additional time to file and make payments without interest or penalties.” The administration had announced earlier in the week that it would delay See Deadline, A7
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Last week, a 48-year-old Meriden man also tested positive for the virus.
Schools will remain closed until April 20
The extension is within with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, said a spokesman for the state Department of Education.
A 72-year-old Meriden woman has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the second city resident to test positive, officials said Monday. The case was confirmed Monday afternoon, city spokeswoman Belen Michelis said. No additional information was available about the woman’s condition or who she may have come in contact with.
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