Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced yesterday his administration will soon be releasing $40 million dollars of funding from Connecticut's Coronavirus Relief Fund and allocating the money to Connecticut's Acute Care Hospitals to support their ongoing efforts to battle COVID-19.
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Danbury Hospital will receive an estimated $3,258,853 of the $40 million dollars, second only to Yale-New Haven Hospital, who will receive the highest share of the $40 mil, over double of Danbury Hospital's share. YNHH will receive an estimated $6,884,263.
According to the press release from Governor Lamont's office, the funding will be released to non-governmental, short-term general hospitals that have incurred expenses and meet certain requirements from the pandemic. Governor Lamont said: