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The first Connecticut nursing home staff and patients received the Pfizer COVID vaccine on Friday morning.
Connecticut's COVID-19 hospitalizations have decreased again as the positivity rate remains in the 6% range.
There are 1,167 total hospitalizations. That is a decrease of 38 from Thursday's numbers.
There is a 6.85% positivity rate. Of over 39,000 tests performed, 2,680 came back positive.
An additional 29 people have died from COVID-19 overnight. The state's death toll is now 5,581.
On Thursday, the state’s coronavirus positivity rate was 6.46% and 46 COVID-related deaths were been reported.
