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Active COVID cases, hospitalizations, quarantines all drop in county

Active COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and those in quarantine all dropped in statistics released Tuesday morning by the Chautauqua County Department of Health. Only 14 new cases of the virus were recorded, with no new COVID-related fatalities, in information collected Monday. To date there have been 7,454 total confirmed cases, along with 7,194 recoveries and 136 deaths. There were currently 124 active cases, a drop from the 141 reported Monday; and 10 people with the virus in the hospital, a drop of three. Those in quarantine, meanwhile, decreased as well, from 415 to 394; and ...

State pushes back on report of nixed vaccination site

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is pushing back on the notion that the state somehow nixed a plan that would have established a COVID-19 vaccination center in Chautauqua County. Will Burns, first deputy press secretary, said the state is unaware of any such plan for a site, first reported ...

SUNY Local leadership in COVID cases

Here is a testament to how well the State University of New York at Fredonia has done keeping the COVID-19 numbers stable. Another location, in Central New York, went to remote-learning model in the fall semester after Oct. 5. That institution: SUNY Cortland. And, apparently, the message regarding the seriousness of the virus has not gotten through at the start of the fall semester. A number of arrests and house parties were reported during the second weekend students had returned. “I have received a report from the city of Cortland Police Department about large unauthorized ...

SUNY Fredonia eyeing $1.9M in losses for year

The State University of New York at Fredonia is anticipating roughly a $1.9 million loss in the 2020-21 fiscal year, mostly due to additional costs of COVID-19. Costs of the virus between testing, cleaning and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) is estimated to be about $1.3 million. ...

County COVID tests show bump

Area COVID-19 test numbers have been increasing in recent weeks, according to information made available on the New York Forward dashboard. On most days since early October, individuals tested in Chautauqua County ranged between 1,000 and 1,600. However, since November, there have been some interesting peaks. Most notably, they have come on Nov. 12 and Feb. 13 — the only two days COVID tests topped 3,000 at 3,147 and 3,020. On Friday, it neared that mark with 2,963 individuals tested. The reason for the high numbers? Testing at the State University of New York at Fredonia. “As ...

In-person learning to resume next week in Fredonia

Come March 1, Fredonia Central Schools will return to in-person instruction for a number of grade levels. In a letter posted to its website and signed by Superintendent Dr. Bradley Zilliox, a timeline was announced on Friday. It includes: ≤ Grades three, four and five will return to school in person five days a week beginning March 1. ≤ Grade 12 hybrid students will return to school in person four days a week beginning March 2. ≤ Grade nine hybrid students will return to school in person four days a week beginning March 16. ≤ Grades 10 and 11 hybrid students will return ...