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Coronavirus coverage

2 new virus deaths reported as county crosses 12K cases

Two new COVID-19-related deaths were reported Thursday by the Chautauqua County Department of Health. That raises the total to 183 such fatalities to date in the county. The health department also recorded 84 new cases of the virus, with 35 involving people residing in the Jamestown zip code ...

County reports 102 new cases of COVID-19

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 ...

Visitation restrictions to be renewed by Brooks-TLC

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 ...

State health-care vaccinations rise, Hochul reports

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 ...

County records 42 new COVID cases

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 ...

Facing deadline, more NY health care workers vaccinate

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 ...