MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge ruled Monday that the state's mask mandate can't be enforced, after it was reinstituted by Gov. Kathy Hochul over concerns about a winter surge of coronavirus cases. State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker said in his decision that the state ...

The number of active COVID-19 cases dropped dramatically in Chautauqua County last week. However, the number of new cases being confirmed locally remains high. The county Health Department on Wednesday reported 1,743 new cases for the week ending Jan. 15; for the week ending Jan. 8, the ...

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Chautauqua County skyrocketed last week, with 265 cases reported on average each day. Between Jan. 2 and Jan. 8, the county Health Department reported 1,855 cases. That comes as at-home test kits have been widely more available locally. By ...

Chautauqua County is distributing at home COVID-19 test kits and KN95 masks, which it received from New York state, to local municipalities. The municipalities that requested the test kits and masks will then organize their own distribution efforts to get the items out to their residents. This ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York is joining a handful of states in requiring health care workers to get a COVID-19 booster shot. Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that she was expanding on a vaccine mandate she instituted last fall requiring health care workers to get vaccinated because too many ...

MAYVILLE — The substantial volume of COVID-19 case reports in recent days has exceeded the capacity of the County Health Department and the New York state contact tracing team to individually contact every Chautauqua County resident with a positive COVID-19 test result. “You no longer ...