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 ...
The Chautauqua County Department of Health reported 102 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. Fifty-two of the cases came from the Jamestown zip code. There are currently 437 active cases of the virus in Chautauqua County as well as 33 people with COVID in the hospital, 1,284 people in quarantine and a seven-day positivity rate of 7.6%. To date there have been 11,938 confirmed cases, 11,320 recoveries and 181 virus-related deaths. There have been 2,505 cases recorded in the county since Aug. 1. Of those, 48% involve individuals who are not vaccinated, 13% fully vaccinated, 6% ...
As of late Monday night, New York state Gov. Kathy Hochul was reporting that the number of health-care workers receiving a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine had increased dramatically over the last month. In a news release, the governor offered these numbers: -- The percentage of nursing ...
The Chautauqua County Department of Health on Tuesday reported 42 new cases of COVID-19. There are currently 429 active cases of the virus in the county along with 33 people with the virus in the hospital, 1,282 in quarantine and a seven-day positivity rate of 8.4%. To date there have been 11,836 confirmed cases of COVID in the county, 11,226 recoveries and 181 virus-related deaths. Of the new cases reported Tuesday, for information collected Monday, 14 involve people residing in the Jamestown zip code; four came in Dunkirk, three each in Forestville, Fredonia and Silver Creek; ...
ALBANY (AP) — Thousands of health care workers in New York faced with either getting the COVID-19 vaccine or losing their jobs received at least one dose as the statewide mandate neared, according to state figures. Workers at hospitals and nursing homes had until Monday to get their first ...
Limits on visitors are being renewed, starting Wednesday, by the Brooks-TLC Hospital System in Dunkirk. In a news release issued this morning, the health-care facility announced the return of early pandemic restrictions in visitation due to a direct result of increases in volume, the new wave ...
