8 Nursing Home Patients Dead, 67 Infected in Connecticut COVID-19 Outbreak

We are on the brink of a fifth COVID-19 surge, experts fear. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottleib warned, “We’re going to see a post-holiday spike. There’s no question about that.” In New Canaan, Connecticut, an outbreak that echoed the early pandemic ravaged a nursing home, infecting 67 patients and killing eight. All of them were vaccinated, but had not yet gotten booster shots. Aaron Rodgers returned to the football field after his bout with COVID-19, but refuses to wear a mask at press conferences.