Travel To CT Locked Down Tight The Week Before Christmas

CONNECTICUT — As residents approach one of the state's busiest travel weeks, 48 states and territories remain on Connecticut's travel advisory list. Many people will be enjoying the end-of-year holidays from right where they are sitting today, if the travel patterns from Thanksgiving are any indicator.

About 29 percent of Americans decided to stay home during Thanksgiving week 2020 compared with 20.5 during the same period in 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Those who did travel during the six-day Thanksgiving travel period traveled farther than normal. The number of trips between 50 and 500 miles during Thanksgiving week increased by about 145.5 million compared with 2019, according to the DOT.

In accordance with Gov. Ned Lamont's Executive Order No. 9I, anyone traveling into Connecticut from a state other than New York, New Jersey or Rhode Island with a positive case rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents, or higher than a 10 percent test positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average, or from a country for which the CDC has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice, is directed to self-quarantine for a 14-day period from the time of last contact within the identified state or country. Travelers must complete a travel health form or risk a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation.

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The requirement to self-quarantine and complete the form applies to any traveler who has spent 24 hours or longer in an affected state or country within 14 days prior to arriving in Connecticut but does not include anyone remaining in Connecticut for less than 24 hours. These requirements also applies to Connecticut residents who are returning from a visit to an affected state or country.

The coronavirus positivity rate in Connecticut Tuesday was 5.98 percent, trending downward slightly. The state also reported another 1470 coronavirus cases the same day, along with another 22 coronavirus-associated deaths.

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The state updates its list of affected states and territories every Tuesday, but there has been no change to the roster for the past three weeks.

Here is the current list of states and territories included on the Connecticut's travel advisory, as of Dec. 15: