COVID-19 Update June 01, 2020
As of May 31, 2020, at 8:30 PM, the total number of COVID-19 cases reported among Connecticut
residents is 42740, including 40670 laboratory-confirmed and 2070 probable* cases. Four hundred fiftyfour patients are currently hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. There have been 3964 COVID-19-associated deaths.
*In Connecticut during the early months of this pandemic, it became increasingly clear that it would
be necessary to track probable COVID-19 cases and deaths, in addition to laboratory-confirmed (RTPCR) cases and deaths. This was needed to better measure the burden and impact of this disease in
our communities and is now part of the national surveillance case definition for COVID-19. Today for
the first time, DPH is reporting cases and deaths as “confirmed” or “probable.” Previous reports
reported these as a combined number. The only change today is that they are being separated to
conform with CDC reporting guidance. Probable cases of COVID-19 involve persons who have not had
confirmatory laboratory testing (RT-PCR) performed for COVID-19, but whose symptoms indicate they
are very likely to have a COVID-19 infection. In Connecticut, most of the probable COVID-19 cases
involve persons whose death certificates list COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a
significant condition contributing to death.
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