Connecticut Adds, Drops States To Travel Quarantine List

CONNECTICUT — Gov. Ned Lamont, along with the governors of New York and New Jersey, on Tuesday shuffled around the states that make up their travel quarantine lists amid the coronavirus pandemic, with a net drop of one locality.

Hawaii, South Dakota and the Virgin Islands have been added to the club. Visitors from these locations must now self-quarantine for 14 days when entering Connecticut, New York or Jersey. Alaska, New Mexico, Ohio and Rhode Island were removed from the list.

Last month, Lamont signed an executive order that will subject visitors who violate the state's coronavirus travel advisory to a fine. Earlier this week, he showed he meant business, when law enforcement officials fined two travelers $1,000 each after they refused to fill out the state's travel quarantine form. One was from Louisiana and the other was from Florida. One of the travelers was fined twice; once for not filling out the travel form and another for not following the 14-day quarantine rule.

States are put on the advisory list if they have a daily positive coronavirus test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents or a 10 percent or higher positive rate over a seven-day rolling average.

As of August 11, the following 34 locations meet these criteria and are included in Connecticut's travel advisory:

Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
Nevada
Oklahoma
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington (Metrics for Washington are currently under review, status may change)
Wisconsin