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COVID-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Rockland County Cases By Municipality COVID-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Rockland County Cases By Municipality
Covid-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Rockland County Cases By Municipality The positive COVID-19 infection rate continues to outpace the statewide rate in Rockland County as new cases continue to mount. There are currently 909 active COVID-19 cases up from more than 843 earlier in the week, with 22 patients hospitalized and being treated for the virus. There have been no newly reported COVID-19 fatalities as the death toll held at 684 people. Over the past week, the infection rate has fluctuated daily as the number of positive cases slowly climbs after spiking in recent weeks: Friday, Oct. 30: 2,202 tests administered, resulting in 67 (3 percent) positive case…

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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 The positive COVID-19 infection rate continues to outpace the statewide rate in Rockland County as new cases continue to mount. There are currently 843 active COVID-19 cases down from more than 900 earlier in the week, with 22 patients hospitalized and being treated for the virus.  There have been no newly reported COVID-19 fatalities as the death toll held at 684 people. 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…

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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 DOH Inspectors Join State Police In Enforcement At Cluster Zones COVID-19: Rockland DOH Inspectors Join State Police In Enforcement At Cluster Zones
Covid-19: Rockland DOH Inspectors Join State Police In Enforcement At Cluster Zones With COVID-19 clusters cropping up in parts of Rockland, the county’s Department of Health will be joining New York State Police in enforcing compliance. This week, Rockland County saw a spike in COVID-19 infection rates, which peaked near 5 percent, compared to the rest of the state, which has hovered around 1 percent for weeks. In response, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a new “cluster action initiative” to attack hotspots to stop the spread of the virus, including some new rules and regulations that will be in place for at least two weeks. The spike in cases largely centers around…

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COVID-19: Here's Latest Rundown Of Rockland Cases By Town Amid Spike COVID-19: Here's Latest Rundown Of Rockland Cases By Town Amid Spike
Covid-19: Here's Latest Rundown Of Rockland Cases By Town Amid Spike With schools reopening and more and more businesses welcoming employees back to work, Rockland County has seen a small surge in COVID-19 cases. There were 47 new positive COVID-19 cases reported in Rockland out of 1,070 newly administered tests. Since the pandemic began in mid-March, 162,428 COVID-19 tests have been administered in the county, with 15,045 (9.3 percent) testing positive for the virus. There are currently 12 COVID-19 patients hospitalized, with one under investigation for potential exposure to the virus. There have been 675 COVID-19 fatalities during the pandemic. The infect…

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COVID-19: Here's Latest Rockland Testing Trend; New Cases By Town COVID-19: Here's Latest Rockland Testing Trend; New Cases By Town
Covid-19: Here's Latest Rockland Testing Trend; New Cases By Town The positive COVID-19 infection rate in Rockland County is trending in the right direction but is still outpacing the statewide numbers. While the statewide infection rate has remained near or below 1 percent for several weeks, Rockland saw a small uptick over the past week before slowly climbing back down in recent days. Last week, there were four straight days in which the infection rate in Rockland tests was above 3 percent, peaking at 3.7 percent on Saturday, Sept. 19 before dropping to 2.3 percent on Sunday, Sept. 20, and 1.5 percent on Monday, Sept. 21. Comparatively, the statewide r…

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COVID-19: Here's Latest Breakdown By Town As Rockland Sees New Increase In Cases COVID-19: Here's Latest Breakdown By Town As Rockland Sees New Increase In Cases
Covid-19: Here's Latest Breakdown By Town As Rockland Sees New Increase In Cases There has been a slight uptick in COVID-19 cases in Rockland County in comparison to the rest of the mid-Hudson Valley region. In the latest numbers released by the state Health Department, there were 36 new cases out of 1,571 Rockland County residents tested, a 2.3 percent positive infection rate. Comparatively, the region as a whole had a 1.2 percent infection rate, and the statewide rate has remained under 1 percent for more than a month. Since the pandemic began, Rockland has a 9.7 percent infection rate, with 14,617 of 150,100 tests coming back positive for COVID-19 the highest in th…

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COVID-19: Active Case Map Added To Rockland Dashboard, Here's New Rundown By Towns COVID-19: Active Case Map Added To Rockland Dashboard, Here's New Rundown By Towns
Covid-19: Active Case Map Added To Rockland Dashboard, Here's New Rundown By Towns Rockland County residents have a new tool as the battle against COVID-19 continues after more than six months. The county’s Department of Health added an active case map to its COVID-19 dashboard that will show the active cases that will include the number of confirmed positive results dated within the last two weeks that have been reported. The Active Case Map will be updated during the week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, County Executive Ed Day said. “Since the pandemic began, we have worked diligently to keep Rockland residents informed of our local situation,” Day added. …

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Teen Charged With Attempted Murder Following Stabbings Of Rockland Men Teen Charged With Attempted Murder Following Stabbings Of Rockland Men
Teen Charged With Attempted Murder Following Stabbings Of Rockland Men A teenager was arrested and charged with attempted murder in Labor Day stabbings on a Jersey Shore beach that left two Rockland County men hospitalized in serious condition, authorities said Tuesday, Sept. 8.  "We did have two individuals in custody last night, but only one of them is responsible for both stabbings," Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. The juvenile -- a 17-year-old from Newark-- is also facing weapons-related charges in the 3:30 p.m. incident on Jenkinson's Beach, Point Pleasant Beach Police Chief Joseph A. Michigan said in a joint release…

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Isaias Outage Update: New Breakdown Of Most-Affected Communities In Rockland, Orange Isaias Outage Update: New Breakdown Of Most-Affected Communities In Rockland, Orange
Isaias Outage Update: New Breakdown Of Most-Affected Communities In Rockland, Orange Hundreds in Rockland and Orange County remain without power nearly a week after Tropical Storm Isaias wreaked havoc on the East Coast. As of 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, crews from Rockland & Orange Utilities was still responding to 417 reported outages, which were impacting 1,345 of their New York customers. In Orange County, 705 of the company’s 104,130 customers were still reporting outages, while 628 of their 117,244 Rockland County residents were still in the dark. During the storm, more than 200,000 Rockland & Orange customers lost power due to the high wind gusts and rain …

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Here's How Many Days Rockland Has Gone Without COVID-19 Fatality: New Rundown Of Cases By Town Here's How Many Days Rockland Has Gone Without COVID-19 Fatality: New Rundown Of Cases By Town
Here's How Many Days Rockland Has Gone Without Covid-19 Fatality: New Rundown Of Cases By Town Once one of the hottest spots for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the nation, Rockland County has now gone nearly a week without seeing a virus-related death. It’s been six days since the Rockland County Department of Health reported a COVID-19 fatality, after 667 county residents were killed by the virus. Since the outbreak hit the Hudson Valley in mid-March, 73,262 Rockland residents have been tested for the virus, with 13,549 testing positive for COVID-19. There are currently four people hospitalized with the virus in Rockland and three more potential cases that are under investigation…

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COVID-19: Here's Rundown Of Cases By Town As Rockland Starts Phase 3 Of Four-Phase Reopening COVID-19: Here's Rundown Of Cases By Town As Rockland Starts Phase 3 Of Four-Phase Reopening
Covid-19: Here's Rundown Of Cases By Town As Rockland Starts Phase 3 Of Four-Phase Reopening There are less than a dozen patients still hospitalized with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Rockland County as the Hudson Valley prepares to enter Phase 3 of its four-phase reopening of the economy. Phase 3 starts on Tuesday, June 23. Since the pandemic began, there have been a total of 13,486 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Rockland County out of 69,468 tests, with 10 still hospitalized and several other cases still under investigation. There has been a total of 667 virus-related deaths in county residents, and thousands of COVID-19 patients have recovered from the virus. Rockland County E…

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