41,476 'Winning' Powerball Tickets Sold + Gun Sales Soar In CT

Good Thursday morning Connecticut,

Two Powerball tickets sold in California and Wisconsin, won the $632 million Powerball grand prize Wednesday night.

The top consolation prize in Connecticut was a $50,000 winning ticket. The Connecticut Lottery reports that 41,476 "winning" tickets were sold in Connecticut. Besides the lone $50,000 winner, 32 people won $200, and 71 people won $100. The rest of us won between $4 and $14.

The winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, Jan. 5, are: 06, 14, 25, 33, 46 and the Powerball of 17.

Number of children hospitalized due to COVID-19 rising

It's no secret that the coronavirus infection rate has been soaring along with the increasing number of residents admitted to hospitals in Connecticut. And WTNH News 8 shares this report that the number of children being treated for COVID-19 at local hospitals has been rising too.

At Yale, 46 children were admitted in December and in just five days in January, the hospital has treated 22 children, WTNH News 8 reports.

At Connecticut Children's, they are seeing 16-17 children a day, and some are in ICU. Doctors note that most of the hospitalized children have underlying health conditions and that the outcomes have been positive. The doctors also told News 8 that a majority of the cases involve unvaccinated children. (Read more at WTNH News 8).

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Gun Sales Surge In Connecticut

Hearst Connecticut reports that there were 277,000 background checks in Connecticut in 2021, which is a five-year high for the state. The only year with more background checks in Connecticut was in 2016 as 317,000 occurred. (Read the full, in-depth Hearst CT story here).

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This article originally appeared on the Milford Patch