NEW YORK (AP) — Just a day after the U.S. announced its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus had been detected in California, health officials announced Thursday it was found in a man who attended an anime convention in New York City in late November. The man tested ...
Nine new virus-related deaths were recorded in the last week in Chautauqua County. In addition, the number of people who have tested positive for the virus and are in the hospital continues to rise. There are currently 52 hospitalizations, according to information released Wednesday by the county Health Department reflecting Nov. 21 to Nov. 27. There were 50 people with the virus in local hospitals the previous week. Christine Schuyler, the county's public health director, believes the hospitalization rate will continue to increase due to the Thanksgiving holiday and the fact that ...
The number of people in Chautauqua County hospitals who have tested positive for COVID-19 has more than doubled in the last week. The county Health Department on Wednesday released its latest COVID statistics, noting that 50 people were hospitalized as of Tuesday. There were 23 people hospitalized in stats released last week. On Jan. 13 of this year, there were 57 people with the virus in the hospital in the county, the highest during the pandemic. "Our county is approaching that peak this week," the health department said in a news release. From Nov. 14 to Nov. 20, the county ...
ALBANY (AP) — People will soon have to wear masks indoors again in western New York's most populous county because of a spike in COVID-19 positives and hospitalizations in the region, officials said Monday. Starting Tuesday, anyone 2 and older must wear masks at all indoor public locations in Erie County, including bars and restaurants, grocery stores, gyms and fitness centers, hotels and banks, and hair salons. County Executive Mark Poloncarz said if the mask mandate doesn't work by mid-December, the county will require vaccine mandates for indoor dining. Erie County, home to ...
The Chautauqua County Department of Health reported 350 new cases of COVID-19 the week ending Nov. 6. The health department also noted three new virus-related deaths. As of Nov. 6 there were 400 active cases of the virus in Chautauqua County as well as 25 people with the virus in the hospital, 912 people in quarantine and a seven-day positivity rate of 7%. There have been 13,791 cases recorded in the county to date along with 13,177 recoveries and 214 virus-related deaths. Since Aug. 1 there have been 4,355 cases in the county. Of those, 56% have involved people not vaccinated, ...
Parents or legal guardians wishing to have their children between the ages of 5 and 11 receive a COVID-19 vaccine have some options locally. After clearing two hurdles this week, the child-sized doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have been made available. Pfizer already has shots for ...
