In March, a new COVID strain called NB.1.8.1, nicknamed "Nimbus," was first detected in the United States. As of this week, it was reported to be in Connecticut. According to sequences shared with the ...

A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to know about symptoms and vaccines.

Connecticut’s COVID-19 test positivity rate increased slightly over the past week, as new data suggested that the subvariant of omicron BA.2 is gaining ground in the state. BA.2 — which… ...

Public health officials are urging Connecticut residents to continue to wear masks and social distance as COVID-19 cases have flared up, particularly among younger people, and as variants of the ...

COVID Variant Spreads to More Countries as World on Alert Despite the shutdown of flights, there was increasing evidence that the variant is already spreading ...

On Dec. 4, Connecticut officials announced the state’s first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The Omicron variant was detected in a fully vaccinated man in his 60s from Hartford County, according ...

The COVID crisis has reached a boiling point in Connecticut, where about 80% of the state's population is now living under 'red alert' status. 24/7 Live New York City New Jersey Long Island ...

Connecticut’s first confirmed case of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 originally detected in South Africa involves a Fairfield County resident with no recent history of travel, state ...

About four-fifths of all Connecticut municipalities now qualify for the state’s COVID-19 “red alert” designation, the governor’s office announced Thursday, as cases and hospitalizations ...

Sixty-five percent of Connecticut's 169 cities and towns are now in the red alert level, the state's highest of four levels for COVID-19 infections, according to state data released Wednesday.