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COVID-19: Cause For Concern? NY Sees Rise In Infection Rate COVID-19: Cause For Concern? NY Sees Rise In Infection Rate
Covid-19: Cause For Concern? NY Sees Rise In Infection Rate Some alarms are being sounded as New York State is in the midst of a slight uptick in its COVID-19 infection rate over the weekend. Officials are encouraging unvaccinated New Yorkers to get a shot in the arm as the state’s positive infection rate rose to 1.10 percent for those tested for COVID-19 on Sunday, July 11. One new virus-related death was reported, bringing the total number of fatalities to 43,011 statewide since the pandemic began, and the seven-day rolling positive COVID-19 infection rate is at approximately 0.88 percent. The one COVID-19-related death in Queens County matches t…

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COVID-19: Here's How Many NYers Are Now Fully Vaccinated, Other New Data COVID-19: Here's How Many NYers Are Now Fully Vaccinated, Other New Data
Covid-19: Here's How Many NYers Are Now Fully Vaccinated, Other New Data More than a million New Yorkers have received COVID-19 vaccinations in the past seven days as the number fully vaccinated against the virus continues to rise. On Monday, May 3, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that more than seven million of New York's 19.5 million residents are now fully vaccinated. 91,035 doses have been administered across the state's vast distribution network in the last 24 hours, and more than 1.1 million doses have been administered over the past seven days. In total, 15,734,364 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in New York since the vaccination progra…

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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees Downtick In Positive Cases; Latest Breakdown By County COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees Downtick In Positive Cases; Latest Breakdown By County
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees Downtick In Positive Cases; Latest Breakdown By County The Hudson Valley continues to see the number of positive COVID-19 cases dropping throughout the region as it continues combating the spread of the virus.  The COVID infection rate of those tested in the Hudson Valley was down to 3.62 percent on Thursday, April 13, continuing a weeklong slide, though it remains among the highest rates in the state, ahead of only Western New York (4.93 percent). Statewide, the positivity rate is approaching 3 percent, down from 3.6 percent to 3.04 percent during that same stretch, the lowest in a month. Seven hundred new COVID-19 cases were confirmed t…

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COVID-19: Arrival Of Residents From NYC Drives Spike In Cases In These Upstate Counties COVID-19: Arrival Of Residents From NYC Drives Spike In Cases In These Upstate Counties
Covid-19: Arrival Of Residents From NYC Drives Spike In Cases In These Upstate Counties With many downstate New Yorkers flocking to less dense, more rural areas in upstate New York during the COVID-19 pandemic, those regions are reporting a rise in the number of cases of the virus that are spreading. Upstate officials are working to get as many COVID-19 vaccinations completed as quickly as possible as many have fled from New York City and the suburbs during the pandemic in favor of locales further upstate. According to some reports, the number of New York City residents who have moved upstate into the Captial Region’s four largest counties has increased by more than 200 percen…

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COVID-19: Two Hudson Valley Counties Lead State In Infection Rates; New Breakdown, Latest Data COVID-19: Two Hudson Valley Counties Lead State In Infection Rates; New Breakdown, Latest Data
Covid-19: Two Hudson Valley Counties Lead State In Infection Rates; New Breakdown, Latest Data Two counties in the Hudson Valley have the highest COVID-19 positivity rate in New York State, according to the most recent data from the Department of Health. In Orange County, the 6.7 percent positivity rate of those tested for COVID-19 is the highest in the state, followed by Rockland County, which sat at a total of 6.2 percent over the weekend. The rates are the highest in New York, in front of Bronx County (5.5 percent), and Suffolk County (5.4 percent). New York has averaged 548 cases for every 100,000 residents over the past two weeks, the second-highest rate in the country, behin…

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COVID-19: Here's How Many NYers Are Now Fully Vaccinated With Two Doses COVID-19: Here's How Many NYers Are Now Fully Vaccinated With Two Doses
Covid-19: Here's How Many NYers Are Now Fully Vaccinated With Two Doses More than a million New Yorkers have now received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and are fully vaccinated against the virus. The total week nine federal vaccine allocation has been delivered to providers for administration, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. New York's health care distribution sites have received 2,192,675 first doses and have administered 91 percent (1,992,575) first dose vaccinations and 85 percent of first and second doses. The week 10 allocation from the federal government begins distribution in the middle of this week. According to the Department o…

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COVID-19: Judge Rules On NY Curfew For Restaurants, Bars COVID-19: Judge Rules On NY Curfew For Restaurants, Bars
Covid-19: Judge Rules On NY Curfew For Restaurants, Bars A federal judge has upheld the 10 p.m. curfew for bars and restaurants that was put in place by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the Super Bowl weekend, dozens of restaurants and bars filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction to halt the 10 p.m. curfew, which was put in place to limit the spread of the virus as the state contends with a second wave of infections. Earlier story - COVID-19: Cuomo Announces Decision On Super Bowl Curfew Extension Request By Restaurant/Bars However, citing the state’s authority to protect public health during the pandemic, a f…

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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Company To Produce Virus-Related Equipment, Supplies For State COVID-19: Hudson Valley Company To Produce Virus-Related Equipment, Supplies For State
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Company To Produce Virus-Related Equipment, Supplies For State A Hudson Valley company was one of five in New York that have been tabbed to begin producing COVID-19-related equipment and other supplies to help support the state’s ongoing fight against the virus. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Aero Healthcare in Rockland County will be awarded $800,000 in state support to produce supplies to combat the pandemic by increasing and accelerating the supply chain of PPE for the state at a reasonable cost. Other companies tasked with creating supplies are Atelier and Borden Manufacturing in New York City, ARX Sciences in Western New York, and Genes…

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COVID-19: Here's Total Vaccine Doses Administered, Received In Hudson Valley COVID-19: Here's Total Vaccine Doses Administered, Received In Hudson Valley
Covid-19: Here's Total Vaccine Doses Administered, Received In Hudson Valley New York is seeing an improvement in its COVID-19 vaccination program, but the state finds itself with greater demand than the federal government can supply. Statewide, a total of 1,304,050 first doses have been distributed to New York, with 1,210,339 (93 percent) having already been administered. There have been 564,600 second doses delivered, with 166,640 completed. In the Hudson Valley, the region has received a total of 179,475 doses, with 122,017 administered. The 68 percent of vaccines administered is among the lowest percentage in the state. Central New York: 95,265 doses received …

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COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Hospital Workers Vaccinated In Hudson Valley COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Hospital Workers Vaccinated In Hudson Valley
Covid-19: Here's Percentage Of Hospital Workers Vaccinated In Hudson Valley Hospital workers in the Hudson Valley are being vaccinated at among the lowest rate in the state, causing some concern for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Weeks after the vaccination was made available to frontline healthcare employees, just 66 percent of hospital workers in the mid-Hudson Valley region have taken the COVID-19 vaccine, which has been a hot commodity since becoming more widely available earlier this month. Here’s which of New York’s 10 regions have vaccinated the most hospital employees: Central New York: 82 percent; North Country: 78 percent; Finger Lakes: 72 percent; Mohawk …

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COVID-19: Here's How Many Hudson Valley Hospital Workers Have Been Vaccinated, Refused Shot COVID-19: Here's How Many Hudson Valley Hospital Workers Have Been Vaccinated, Refused Shot
Covid-19: Here's How Many Hudson Valley Hospital Workers Have Been Vaccinated, Refused Shot The lowest percentage of hospital employees who have received the COVID-19 vaccine in New York reside in the Hudson Valley. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that 57.9 percent of hospital workers in the Hudson Valley have received the COVID-19 vaccine, while statewide, a total of 60.8 percent of medical professionals have been vaccinated. The percentage in the Hudson Valley is the lowest in the state, behind New York City (59 percent), Long Island (60 percent), Mohawk Valley (60.1 percent), and Western New York (63 percent).  Cuomo also made note that vaccination performance is uneven b…

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COVID-19: Here's Where Hudson Valley Ranks For Available Hospital Beds In New State Data COVID-19: Here's Where Hudson Valley Ranks For Available Hospital Beds In New State Data
Covid-19: Here's Where Hudson Valley Ranks For Available Hospital Beds In New State Data The Hudson Valley continues to increase its hospital bed capacity amid the second wave of COVID-19 infections, but still has seen the number of patients being treated for the virus continuing to increase. In the latest update from the state Department of Health, there are now 776 people hospitalized with the virus as of Tuesday, Dec. 22, up from 722 patients late last week. The number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 represents 0.03 percent of region's population, and there is currently 34 percent of the region’s hospital beds available, one of the more favorable numbers in the state. …

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