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Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday evening signed a new executive order extending the state’s moratorium on evictions again until Feb. 9. The order includes some exceptions, such as “serious nuisance” and “serious nonpayment of rent,” which is defined as six or more months of rent due on or after March 1.

The order also renews the option for tenants to apply a portion of their security deposit in excess of one month’s rent toward their rent payment.

The order is more stringent than the eviction moratorium contained in the most recent federal COVID-19 aid legislation. If Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump are able to resolve their dispute over the size of individual stimulus checks authorized by the bill, the federal eviction moratorium would only last until Jan. 31.

The federal legislation also directs over $200 million to Connecticut to pay renters’ debts to their landlords to top up the state’s existing rent relief program.

Over the past two weeks, the rolling average number of daily new COVID-19 cases in Connecticut has decreased by 858, a decrease of 30.8 percent, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. There were 859.4 new cases per 100,000 people in Connecticut over the past two weeks, which ranks 24th in the country for new cases per capita. One in every 265 people in Connecticut tested positive in the past week.

As of Wednesday, the state reported 1,155 hospitalizations, a decrease of four since Tuesday. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-associated deaths climbed by 32 people, for a total of 5,735.