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Covid-19: Here's Latest Rundown Of Dutchess County Cases By Community
Several new COVID-19 fatalities were reported in Dutchess County as the number of active cases has topped 1,000 with the "second wave" of the virus raging throughout the region.
According to the county Department of Health, on Monday, Dec. 7, there were 1,032 active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess, up from 734 as recently as Thursday, Dec. 3.
Late last month, the county was only reporting approximately 200 active cases.
There have now been 8,099 - approximately 500 new this week - confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began in early March out of more than 300,000 tests administered in Dut…
Tropical Storm Isaias: Thousands Lose Power In Putnam
Tens of thousands of Putnam, Dutchess, and Ulster residents have lost power as Tropical Storm Isaias rocked the region with extreme wind gusts that toppled trees, felled utility poles and downed power lines throughout the area.
Putnam County was hardest hit, with 33,464 of NYSEG’s 38,693 customers reporting outages, with Carmel (11,654), Southeast (5,966), Putnam Valley (4,894), and Patterson (4,460) seeing the most outages.
Central Hudson was responding to 606 total outages that were impacting 63,821 of their customers as of 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4.
In Dutchess, 30,067 customers wer…
Covid-19: Here's Latest Rundown Of Hospitalization Trends, Cases As Dutchess Eyes Reopening
Dutchess County continues to experience new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, but the number of new daily infections has lowered since the outbreak began in early March as the Hudson Valley eyes reopening its economy.
As of Wednesday, May 20, state Department of Health officials said since the beginning of the pandemic there are 3,724 cases of COVID-19, with 14 new cases reported on Tuesday, May 19.
Currently, there are 1,743 active cases, with 56 people hospitalized, Dutchess County Department of Health information reveals. Dutchess County officials said they have 610 cases …