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COVID-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Rockland County Cases By Municipality COVID-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Rockland County Cases By Municipality
Covid-19: Here's Latest Breakdown Of Rockland County Cases By Municipality Rockland County continues to be one of the hottest spots for COVID-19 in New York, with the positive infection rate outpacing the rate in the rest of the state. There are currently 915 active COVID-19 cases, with 24 patients hospitalized and being treated for the virus. There have been 684 COVID-19 fatalities in Rockland since the pandemic began. Over the past five days, the infection rate has fluctuated daily as the number of positive cases slowly climbs after spiking in recent weeks:  Thursday, Oct. 22: 2,649 tests administered, resulting in 57 (2.2 percent) positive cases; Friday,…

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COVID-19: Rockland's New Face Mask Order For Students, Education Workers Carries $2K Fine COVID-19: Rockland's New Face Mask Order For Students, Education Workers Carries $2K Fine
Covid-19: Rockland's New Face Mask Order For Students, Education Workers Carries $2K Fine After seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases in some Rockland County communities, the Department of Health is taking measures to ensure the virus stops spreading. In recent weeks, some areas in Rockland - largely in Orthodox Jewish communities - have failed to comply with the state’s COVID-19 mandates that have been issued by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the past seven months. Earlier story - COVID-19: Rockland Cluster Communities Cited For Lack Of Compliance, State May Withhold Funds In response to the lack of compliance, Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Health Commissioner Patricia Ruppe…

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COVID-19: Trump Inciting Orthodox Cluster Communities To Protest Against Him, Cuomo Says COVID-19: Trump Inciting Orthodox Cluster Communities To Protest Against Him, Cuomo Says
Covid-19: Trump Inciting Orthodox Cluster Communities To Protest Against Him, Cuomo Says New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s war of words with President Donald Trump came to a head when Cuomo accused Trump of inciting division and violence at protests over COVID-19 restrictions placed on some Orthodox Jewish communities. Last week, Cuomo announced that some clusters in New York City, the Hudson Valley, and on Long Island - largely in Orthodox communities - would be shutting down parts of the economy due to spikes in new COVID-19 cases. Earlier story - COVID-19: Unrest Breaks Out In Parts Of NY Cluster Areas Amid Protests Of Restrictions In response to the new restrictions, some broke…

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COVID-19: Unrest Breaks Out In Parts Of NY Cluster Areas Amid Protests Of Restrictions COVID-19: Unrest Breaks Out In Parts Of NY Cluster Areas Amid Protests Of Restrictions
Covid-19: Unrest Breaks Out In Parts Of NY Cluster Areas Amid Protests Of Restrictions After being forced to shut down for several months due to COVID-19, frustrations are mounting in some New York cluster communities where stricter restrictions have been put in place to prevent the spread of the virus. In recent weeks, there have been clusters of new COVID-19 cases - largely in Orthodox Jewish communities - which have forced New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to scale back some areas in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Hudson Valley. Earlier story - COVID-19: New Rules Announced In These Cluster Zones Frustrations boiled over this week, when a large crowd protesting the new COVID-19 …

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COVID-19: Cuomo To Meet With Rockland County Orthodox Community Leaders COVID-19: Cuomo To Meet With Rockland County Orthodox Community Leaders
Covid-19: Cuomo To Meet With Rockland County Orthodox Community Leaders Mass religious gatherings may be responsible for a recent rise in newly reported positive COVID-19 cases in certain parts of New York State. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that while the state has remained at or around a 1 percent infection rate for months, the 20 zip codes where there have been the newest outbreaks are closer to 5 percent. Related story - COVID-19: Hudson Valley Hits 2 Percent Infection Rate Mark As Cases In Clusters Spike Specifically, Cuomo mentioned Rockland, Orange, Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn, and New York counties as areas they’re going to keep an eye on in the coming…

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90 New Measles Cases Reported This Week Nationally, CDC Says 90 New Measles Cases Reported This Week Nationally, CDC Says
90 New Measles Cases Reported This Week Nationally, CDC Says The measles outbreak is on course to be the worst in decades with 90 more cases reported nationally in the past week - the largest jump of the year - according to new numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between Jan. 1 and April 11 this year, there have been 555 individual cases of measles confirmed in 20 states, the second highest total reported in the country since measles was eliminated as an endemic disease in 2000. The World Health Organization reported this week that there were more than 110,000 measles cases worldwide in the first three months of 2019, an…

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