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Rate of COVID cases trend upward in county

After a couple of weeks with new COVID-19 cases trending downward in Chautauqua County, the rate appears to be going in the other direction. The county Health Department on Wednesday announced 313 new cases for the week ending Oct. 30 along with five new virus-related deaths. To date ...

County sees slight bump in rate of new weekly COVID cases

The county Health Department reported 288 new cases of COVID-19, along with six new virus-related deaths, for the week ending Oct. 23. The new cases pushes the county's total past 13,000 to date. There have been 13,129 confirmed cases as well as 12,671 total recoveries and 206 deaths. There ...

County reports 433 new COVID cases last week, 3 new deaths

The rate of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 has slowed slightly in Chautauqua County, according to weekly information released this morning by the health department. From Oct. 3 to Oct. 9, there were 433 new cases of the virus along with three new virus-related deaths. There are currently 331 ...

Religious vaccine exemption stays for NY health care workers

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that New York must continue to allow health care workers to seek exemptions from a statewide vaccine mandate on religious grounds as a lawsuit challenging the requirement proceeds. Judge David Hurd in Utica had issued a temporary restraining ...

New COVID cases have increased each week

The Chautauqua County Department of Health reported 579 new cases of COVID-19 for the week ending Oct. 2. The county also noted four virus-related deaths, marking 189 to date. The health department recently changed its reporting method of COVID statistics, going from a daily report to a ...

Brooks-TLC confirms challenges with obstetrics unit

Brooks-TLC Hospital System this afternoon confirmed what was first reported by the OBSERVER and The Post-Journal: it is facing tremendous challenges with its obstetrics unit at this time. In a news release issued Thursday afternoon, the health-care institution said 92% of its staff is ...