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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Infection-Rate Increase; New Breakdown By County COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Infection-Rate Increase; New Breakdown By County
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Infection-Rate Increase; New Breakdown By County Some of New York's 10 regions are showing some signs of improving COVID-19 numbers, though the Hudson Valley isn't one of them as the number of new infections continues to rise due to variants of the virus. According to the Department of Health, the two-week surge of new cases int he region continued, with the infection rate jumping to 2.75 percent of those tested, up from under 2.30 percent as recently as Saturday, July 31. Statewide, the positive infection rate jumped from 2.46 percent to 2.74 percent in that same time frame. No new virus-related fatalities were reported in the Hudson V…

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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rate Jumps Up Again; New Breakdown By County COVID-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rate Jumps Up Again; New Breakdown By County
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rate Jumps Up Again; New Breakdown By County Alarm bells are sounding in the Hudson Valley as the number of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to spike as New York fends off more transmissible variants of the virus. According to the Department of Health, the average seven-day positive COVID-19 infection rate in the Hudson Valley continues to rise, from 2.28 percent as recently as Saturday, July 31, to 2.60 percent of those tested on Tuesday, Aug. 3. Statewide, the positive infection rate jumped from 2.46 percent to 2.70 percent in that same time frame. One new virus-related fatality was reported in Westchester, th…

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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Positive-Test Rate Increases Again; New Breakdown By County COVID-19: Hudson Valley Positive-Test Rate Increases Again; New Breakdown By County
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Positive-Test Rate Increases Again; New Breakdown By County The positive COVID-19 infection rate in the Hudson Valley continues to soar as New York - and the rest of the country - continues contending with the Delta variant of the virus. According to the Department of Health, the average seven-day positive COVID-19 infection rate in the Hudson Valley continues to rise, from 2.28 percent on Saturday, July 31 to 2.34 percent the following day, and up to 2.40 percent on Monday, Aug. 2. Statewide, the positive infection rate jumped from 2.46 percent to 2.65 percent in that same time frame. No new virus-related deaths were reported in the Hudson Valley,…

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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Positive-Test Rate Sees New Increase; Latest Breakdown By Community COVID-19: Hudson Valley Positive-Test Rate Sees New Increase; Latest Breakdown By Community
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Positive-Test Rate Sees New Increase; Latest Breakdown By Community The Delta COVID-19 variant continues to run wild throughout New York as the positive infection rate in the Hudson Valley continues to rise precipitously. According to the Department of Health, the seven-day average positive-testing rate for those tested in the Hudson Valley rose from 1.29 percent on Friday, July 23 to 1.40 percent the following day, up to 1.58 percent on Sunday, July 25. There were no new virus-related deaths in the Hudson Valley over the weekend, though fatalities were reported in Cattaraugus, Kings, and Schoharie counties. Infection rates in the state’s 10 regions on Ju…

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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By County COVID-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By County
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By County The Delta COVID-19 variant continues to run wild throughout New York as the positive infection rate in the Hudson Valley continues to rise precipitously.  According to the Department of Health, the positive-test rate for those tested in the Hudson Valley has hit 1.21 percent as of Thursday, July 22, up from less than 1 percent less than two weeks ago. There were no new virus-related deaths in the Hudson Valley in the past 24 hours, though a single fatality was reported in Erie County. Infection rates in the state’s 10 regions on July 22, according to the state Department of Health: …

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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Increase In Positive-Test Rate; Latest Breakdown By County COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Increase In Positive-Test Rate; Latest Breakdown By County
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Increase In Positive-Test Rate; Latest Breakdown By County The positive COVID-19 infection rate continues to climb in the Hudson Valley as New York contends with the Delta variant of the virus. According to the Department of Health, the positive COVID-19 infection rate for those tested in the Hudson Valley has hit 1.14 percent as of Wednesday, July 21, up from 0.76 percent as recently as Sunday, July 11 as the virus continues to spread. There were no new virus-related deaths in the Hudson Valley in the past 24 hours, though single fatalities were reported in both Queens and Suffolk County. Infection rates in the state’s 10 regions on July 21, acco…

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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rates Jumps Up Again COVID-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rates Jumps Up Again
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rates Jumps Up Again The COVID-19 numbers in the Hudson Valley continue to get worse as the region, state, and country continue to contend with a surge in cases linked to unvaccinated people become exposed by the Delta variants. According to the Department of Health, the positive COVID-19 infection rate for those tested in the Hudson Valley has hit 1.10 percent as of Tuesday, July 20, up from 0.76 percent as recently as Sunday, July 11 as the virus continues to spread. Infection rates in the state’s 10 regions on July 20, according to the state Department of Health: Capital Region: 1.89 percent; Long Island: …

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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: 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: 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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