WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19, according to an analysis by U.S. regulators Wednesday that sets the stage for a final decision on a new and easier-to-use shot to help tame the pandemic. The Food and Drug Administration’s scientists ...
Eight new COVID-19 cases and one new virus-related death were reported Wednesday morning by the Chautauqua County Department of Health. To date there have been 7,462 total confirmed cases, 7,214 recoveries and 137 fatalities. There are currently 111 active cases, 11 people with the virus in the hospital and a seven-day positivity rate of 1.2%. The new cases, reported from information collected Tuesday, include: four in Jamestown and one each in Dunkirk, Brocton, Ripley and Westfield. In Cattaraugus County, 25 new COVID cases were reported Tuesday evening. To date there have been ...
The Fredonia Central School District music program has done something that most other school programs in Chautauqua County have unfortunately been unable to do: Stay afloat. At a recent school board meeting, Fredonia band director Andy Bennett said that a lot of the districts in the area ...
New York state reportedly quashed a federal plan to put a vaccination center in Chautauqua County. NBC News reported early Monday morning that the Biden Administration had begun looking for sites for four small vaccination centers in New York state. Federal officials ranked the best spots based on a county-by-county index that measures average income, unemployment, race and a dozen other factors. The data said Chautauqua County was a leading candidate to get vaccine shots to underserved people, but state officials disagreed. The data said the county was a leading candidate to ...
Chautauqua County is hoping it is beyond the “peak of cases” regarding COVID-19. Numbers released Monday — in addition to the last week — indicate that may be the case. The county Health Department recorded 51 new cases from Friday through Sunday, an average of 17 a day. In the past seven days prior, there had been an average of about 25 new cases reported, significantly fewer than the days where between 40 and 110 new cases were being released beginning around the first of December. Of the new cases noted Monday, 22 came from the Jamestown zip code, five in Bemus Point, ...
Cattaraugus County health officials announced its 86th virus-related death involving a 60-year-old man who reportedly developed respiratory failure. "We extend our deepest condolences to his family and the entire Cattaraugus County community," the county said in a statement. The health department announced 19 new COVID cases on Monday, marking 4,250 to date in addition to 216 active cases, 21 people with the virus in the hospital and a seven-day positivity rate of 3.2%.
