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Four states added to travel advisory list

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said four states have been added to a travel advisory requiring individuals who have traveled to New York from those states, all of which have significant community spread, to quarantine for 14 days. The new states include Ohio, Minnesota, New Mexico and Wisconsin

The quarantine applies to anyone arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10% or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average.

Cuomo announced Monday that a travel enforcement operation will commence at airports across the state to help ensure travelers are following the state’s quarantine restrictions and to help contain the rates of COVID-19 transmission in New York State.

The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.

“New Yorkers showed incredible courage and resiliency throughout this pandemic, and nowhere is their work more evident than in the numbers we release every day, including in New York City, once a global hotspot,” Cuomo said. “However, the success of our efforts depends on citizens’ willingness to comply with state guidance, socially distance, wear masks and wash their hands, and rising cases around the country continue to threaten our progress, which is why four new states have been added to New York’s travel advisory.

“It’s also clear based on contact tracing that many of the new cases in New York are a result of a lack of compliance during the July 4 weekend and illustrate how quickly the virus spreads, with one party, for example, infecting more than a third of attendees,” he continued. “I cannot be more clear: Look at what’s happening in the rest of the country — if we are not smart, if we don’t wear masks and socially distance, cases will spike. No one wants to go back to the hell we experienced three months ago, so please stay vigilant.”

States on the travel advisory include: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

NINE NEW CASES OF COVID

Nine new cases of COVID-19 were reported Tuesday, bringing the total in Chautauqua County to 188.

The new cases, according to the county Health Department, involve two people under the age of 18, two men and a woman in their 20s, a man in his 30s, a woman in her 40s, a woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s.

As of Tuesday, 81 of the total cases have been reported in the south county (38 active cases), 64 in the north county (no active cases), 14 in the eastern part of the county (two active cases), and 29 in the western part of the county (three active cases).

There remains 43 active cases of county residents who continue to recover under orders from local health officials. In addition, there are 609 county residents under quarantine/isolation, 138 recoveries, seven deaths and 18,373 negative test results.

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