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According to the county Department of Health, there are currently 1,116 active COVID-19 cases in Orange County on Monday, Jan. 4, up from 1,024 a week ago.
The state Health Department was reporting 151 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.
There have now been 22,801 COVID-19 confirmed positives reported in Orange County out of more than 375,000 tests administered, according to the Department of Health.
Updated information regarding COVID-19 hospitalizations in Rockland was not available on Jan. 4, though last week there were 138 being treated for the virus, with another five potential cases still under investigation.
The overall positive infection rate in Orange County spiked to 6.2 percent, among the highest rates in the Hudson Valley.
New COVID-19 fatalities were reported in the county as the virus-related death toll rose to 597, up from 572 late last month.
A breakdown of active COVID-19 cases in Orange County as of Jan. 4:
- Newburgh: 115;
- Wallkill: 115;
- City of Middletown: 111;
- Warwick: 107;
- City of Newburgh: 84;
- New Windsor: 78;
- Montgomery: 77;
- Monroe: 70;
- Chester: 54;
- Goshen: 40;
- Blooming Grove: 39;
- Wawayanda: 35;
- Cornwall: 32;
- Hamptonburgh: 29;
- City of Port Jervis: 24;
- Mount Hope: 24;
- Greenville: 21;
- Woodbury: 21;
- HIghlands: 18;
- Palm Tree: 18;
- Crawford: 16;
- Minisink: 15;
- Deerpark: 12.
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