Thursday, April 30, 2020
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Volume 19, Number 12
Hope remains for spring season By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
CHESHIRE — Spring hope remains.
Local nursing homes continue to be impacted by virus By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
Whether it fades or proves eternal will be seen in the weeks to come. For now, the CIAC is keeping open the possibility that there will be some kind of 2020 spring season for Connecticut’s high school athletes.
According to a new list compiled by the state, 3,423 COVID-19 cases have been identified in nursing homes across Connecticut, with 568 deaths. Another 200 deaths have been deemed COVID-possible.
The CIAC reiterated its position after a Board of Control meeting Thursday morning, April 23. It’s a continuation of the “wait-and-see” approach the organization has taken since Gov. Ned Lamont closed Connecticut schools in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
other three recent deaths in the facility were deemed probable, according to state reports. At another facility, the Curtis Home, eight cases were reported, including one death. Silver Springs Care Center had reported five cases, with no deaths linked to the disease.
At Regency House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center In Meriden, Apple Rehab Coccomo had 16 cases and in Wallingford, 19 cases of two confirmed deaths. An-
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there is a spring season, it will take place in June. make that happen, the state tournaments have been cancelled. The spring postseason typically spans the first two weeks of June. By scrapping the state championship events, the CIAC is freeing up competition time for as
In this 2018 photo, Plainville High School’s Tyler St. Onge fires to first base. It is still unknown whether high school sports teams will be allowed to compete this spring.
many teams and athletes as possible, rather than giving the lion’s share to the elite few who advance through the tournament brackets.
For that matter, there would also be no body of regularseason work to set up those tournaments.
Connecticut National Guard reserve soldiers remove old office equipment from storage while setting up more than 30 beds for recovering COVID-19 patients at Quinnipiac Valley Center on April 15.
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