Chautauqua County’s active coronavirus caseload increased by 19 over the weekend as the health department reported 199 new cases from Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Jamestown zip code broke its previous high in active cases over the weekend — 129 COVID-19 cases are active in the city ...
It took until late October for Chautauqua County to reach the 1,000 mark in confirmed cases of COVID-19 during the pandemic. The county crossed 2,000 cases just over a month later in early December. The 3,000th mark took just two weeks. The county Health Department on Tuesday reported 65 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 3,007. The county also recorded its 26th COVID-related death. The number of people with the virus in the hospital also has increased, going from 33 reported Monday to 35. The number of active cases, meanwhile, has dropped, from 452 to 382. Of ...
With the holidays in full swing and the COVID-19 pandemic causing financial stress on many individuals, National Grid is alerting customers about recent reports of scams where imposters are promising refunds or discounts. Here's how scammers are trying to prey on customers: • customers may notice their caller ID displays an incoming call is from a phone number in a nearby town or even the neighborhood where they live; • when customers answer the phone, a recorded message explains that due to being overbilled, they are owed refunds or discounts on their utility bills; • the ...
ALBANY (AP) — New York expects to have received 930,000 coronavirus vaccine doses by the end of next week, a supply that should be used in an inoculation push at nursing homes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday. Cuomo told reporters he's asking healthcare providers to work through the ...
Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, D-New York City, wants the state to provide a COVID-19 vaccination at no cost to all New Yorkers — including those who aren’t U.S. citizens. Rosenthal recently introduced A.11175 in the state Assembly to require the state cover the cost of a COVID-19 vaccination for any state resident who can’t receive one for free under existing federal programs. “Recent reports have suggested that the vaccine will be made available for free to American citizens, but no plans have been made regarding undocumented New Yorkers, individuals with temporary legal ...
New York state saw record coronavirus hospitalizations over the weekend, rising to levels last seen in May. The state noted that 6,208 were hospitalized as of Friday — the largest number in the state since May 15. That number had decreased to 6,185 as of Sunday afternoon. Hospitalizations in the eight-county Western New York region, however, continued to decline from its previous high of 548 on Dec. 10. As of Saturday, 473 were in the hospital in the region. Cattaraugus County has reported five deaths since Thursday, reporting its 37th death on Saturday, a 90-year-old man who ...
