Though Chautauqua County is now seeing “high” transmission of COVID-19 in the community other, just as equally important, metrics such as hospitalizations and use of intensive care unit beds for the critically sick remain low. That’s the view of County Executive PJ Wendel after the U.S. ...

The Chautauqua County Department of Health on Tuesday reported 34 new cases of COVID-19, marking nearly 400 since Aug. 1. The bulk of new cases (18) continue to come from residents in the Jamestown zip code. There were also five reported in Dunkirk; four in Fredonia; two each in Forestville ...

In an afternoon address, Gov. Kathy Hochul said she would make masks mandatory for anyone entering public schools and wanted to implement a requirement that all school staff either be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing. "None of us want a rerun of last year's horrors with ...

The county Health Department on Monday reported 91 new cases of COVID-19 from information collected Friday through Sunday. The department also reported a new virus-related death. Meanwhile, the CDC level of community transmission rose in the county, from "substantial" to "high." Since Aug. ...

SUNY Jamestown Community College has announced additional plans and protocols for the fall 2021 semester, which begins on Monday. All information related to COVID-19 can be found at sunyjcc.edu/covid19. Mask Protocols -- Due to the increased number of cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant in ...

The number of people quarantined increased by more than 50 in Chautauqua County, while the health department reported 20 new cases of COVID-19. The quarantine numbers went from 276 on Thursday to 328 on Friday. The number of active cases, meanwhile, increased by three to 122. Of the ...