P.M. NEWS MONDAY 11-26-20

Governor Cuomo announced that 124,565 COVID 19 tests were administered Sunday, with 3490 positive results, or 2.8% of all tested. another 123 New Yorkers were hospitalized, bringing the state number to 1,968. another 13 were placed in an ICU unit, bringing the state total to 391, patients on Ventilators stayed the same at 158. There were another 25 deaths Sunday, the state death toll is at 26,159.

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Governor Cuomo today announced a new web application that will help struggling New Yorkers locate benefits to assist them during their time of need. Developed through a public-private partnership with Google.org, the directory will help individuals who are either new to or unfamiliar with the state’s social programs network, it can be found at findservices.ny.gov.

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Broome County Health Department announced another death from COVID 19, giving them a total of 112 since March. They report 4279 total cases, 3724 recoveries & they are still monitoring over 4200 people. The Health Department has learned of a person who was on a Greyhound bus traveling from Port Authority, in New York to Binghamton on November 7th between 10:00 AM & 2:00 PM, has tested positive for COVID-19, anyone who was on that bus should self-quarantine until November 22nd & they should contact a healthcare provider if COVID symptoms develop.

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Chenango County Public Health announced that they have gone over 500 total cases of COVID 19 since March with 501. They have 44 Active Cases, 263 Active Quarantines, with 3 Hospitalizations, 439 Total Recoveries, 10 deaths, & they have conducted over 41,000 tests.

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The State DEC announced that the 2020-21 regular deer and bear hunting seasons in New York’s Southern Zone will begin at sunrise this Saturday, and continue through Sunday, December 13th. Following the regular deer and bear seasons in the Southern Zone, late bow-hunting, and muzzle-loading seasons will run from December 14th through the 22nd. Hunters taking part in these special seasons must possess a hunting license and either bow-hunting or muzzle-loading privileges. More information is available at dec.ny.gov.

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Motorists on the New York State Thruway won’t have to stop at toll booths anymore, as cashless tolling is now in effect. Old Toll booths are being removed, and when motorists driving under a “gantry”; cameras will capture each and every license plate, those who do not have an EZ Pass will get a bill in the mail about 30 days later.

A.M. NEWS MONDAY 11-16-20

Governor Cuomo discussed the New York State approach to get vaccines to every New York as quickly as possible, once is becomes available & once it is proven effectively by an independent study:

(Cuomo 11-16-20)

The Governor said that in 8 month since the COVID 19 crisis hit the US, less than half the people were able to be tested, vaccinated everyone will be an even bigger task.

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Delaware County Public Health released their latest statistics Sunday, 4 new cases were reported, following 2 new cases on Saturday, they are up to 64 active cases, 11 are hospitalized & quarantines are at 204. Delaware County has had 273 total cases, 200 recoveries & 9 deaths.

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Otsego County Department of Health had 12 cases of COVID 19 reported over the past 2 days, the number of community cases with no identifiable exposures are rising. Otsego County is up to 1098 total confirmed cases, with 44 active cases, 2 are hospitalized, there have been 8 deaths, 756 are linked to SUNY Oneonta & there are 65 confirmed cases in Hartwick College students.

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Telephone registration for the annual Delaware County Clean Sweep begins today until November 30th, Solid Waste Coordinator Tyson Robb explains:

(Tyson Robb 11-16-20)

The Telephone registration number is 865-6474, online registration is cleansweepdelaware.eventbrite.com. The list of acceptable items for collection can be found on the Delaware County DPW website.

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On October 6th, the Sidney Police Department received a complaint of a stolen motor vehicle from the Village of Sidney. The investigation revealed that the owner of the alleged stolen vehicle had filed a false report, the vehicle had not been stolen, the complaint was made to avoid being caught trespassing on private property. The vehicle was found stuck near the Pine Hill state forest & 20 year old Austin Wright of Sidney was charged with False written statement & Falsely reporting an incident. Wright was released on an appearance ticket.

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Local government sales tax revenue declined by 5.2% in October compared to the same month last year, according to State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. This drop was less severe than previous declines since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, declines in local sales tax collections continue to mount, and overall local government collections in 2020 are down 10.4% compared to the same period in 2019.

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Governor Cuomo released the latest COVID 19 Numbers for Saturday with 133,202 test performed with 3649 positive tests, or 2.7%: Patient Hospitalization were up to 1,845, Patients in an ICU were up to 378 & patients on Ventilators went up to 158, there were 30 deaths, the state death toll is up to 26,133

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