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County records 49 new COVID cases

The Chautauqua County Health Department reported 49 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Friday through Sunday. There have been 210 cases recorded locally since Aug. 1. Of the new cases, 25 came from the Jamestown zip code; five in Silver Creek and Falconer; two each in Dunkirk, Fredonia and ...

Opera House begins requiring masks

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center has updated its COVID guidelines in response to the County’s rising COVID positivity rate and the presence of the Delta variant in western New York. Opera House Executive Director Rick Davis notes that “effective immediately, in ...

New York orders hospital, care home workers to get vaccine

New York (AP) — Hospital and nursing home workers in New York state will have to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday in the state's latest push to increase inoculation rates to fight a wave of coronavirus cases powered by the highly infectious delta variant. The ...

Health Dept. records 49 new COVID cases locally

The county Health Department reported 49 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Friday through Sunday. There have been 210 cases recorded locally since Aug. 1. Of the new cases, 25 came from the Jamestown zip code; five in Silver Creek and Falconer; two each in Dunkirk, Fredonia and Westfield; ...

More COVID cases reported in county

The Chautauqua County Department of Health on Thursday reported 21 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. Since last Friday, 100 cases have been recorded in the county — and 140 since Aug. 1 — as local officials say the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading through the ...