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Coronavirus coverage

More than 50K have received at least one dose of COVID vaccine locally

More than 50,000 Chautauqua County residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, state statistics indicate. That represents about 39% of the county's entire population, while — according to county data that slightly lags state information — 42.75% of eligible residents ...

COVID hospitalizations remain low in county

Chautauqua County residents in the hospital with COVID-19 remain low, according to information released Friday by the health department. There were only eight hospitalized as of Thursday, when virus-related data is collected. Not all in the hospital are there because of the coronavirus, but ...

NY won’t say what it told DOJ about nursing home outbreaks

ALBANY (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office said it won't reveal what it told the U.S. Justice Department about COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes, partly because doing so would be an "invasion of personal privacy." The Justice Department last year asked the governors of several states, ...

New COVID cases continue climb, hospitalizations dip

New COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Chautauqua County, but those in the hospital with the virus have dipped. The county Health Department on Thursday recorded 27 new confirmed cases from information collected on Wednesday. Of those, six come from Jamestown, four in Falconer, three each ...

State to offer mobile vaccine clinics for farm workers

New York state is launching a new initiative to vaccinate farm workers. The plan is to create mobile vaccination clinics that will travel to farms and administer vaccines to farmers and workers at their place of business. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement while speaking at an apple ...