Governor Cuomo held his Daily coronavirus Briefing at the Binghamton university school of Pharmacy this afternoon, he discussed the 1st phase of the re-opening of 3 Local Regions first, starting Friday, and the hope that it does not happen to fast & have an increase in Coronavirus cases:

(Cuomo 5-12-20)

Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa said that Nursing homes across the state will now have to test their employees twice a week to make sure that the vulnerable populations in nursing homes also so not see an increase in the Coronavirus cases:

(DeRosa 5-12-20)

The state has 338,000 cases of the Coronavirus since early March, another 195 people died from the virus Monday, bringing the state death toll to 21,845.

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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced new legislation to get internet coverage to more students, who are getting left behind in the learning process without have reliable broadband internet to keep up on their lessons or tests:

(Gillibrand 5-12-20)

Senator Gillibrand said that the US Senate’s Emergency Educational Connections Act of 2020 would provide $4 billion in funding to ensure that all K-12 students have adequate home internet connectivity in order to continue their education during the pandemic.

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The Bassett Hospital Network will begin to perform elective outpatient surgeries & non-urgent outpatient procedures that had topped with the Governor’s executive order in March, when the state faced the potential of not having g enough hospital beds to treat Coronavirus Patients.  In Otsego County, they have not had a positive test in over a week, and will proceed with caution, according to President & CEO of Bassett Healthcare Network Dr. William Streck:

(Streck 5-12-20)

President of Bassett Medical Center Dr. William LaCates also commented:

(LaCates 5-12-20)

The loss of revenue from all of the postponed elective surgeries was a major hit to the Bassett Health care systems bottom line according to Dr. Streck, which he said will take some time to get back to previous levels.

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Chenango County Public Health announced that they are up to 111 positive Coronavirus cases, they currently have 37 people quarantined, 5 hospitalized, 79 people have recovered, 4 have died. 

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The Broome County Health Department today announced that they are up to 375 confirmed coronavirus cases, which now includes 25 deaths, 257 recoveries & 257 patients being monitored by the health department, which has now performed 5091 tests.

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The Sidney, Afton, Bainbridge & Unadilla Chambers of Commerce & My Home Gym are co-sponsoring the fundraising Wipe Out Covid-19 Virtual 5K Walk/Run, on May 23rd to May 30th.  Sidney Chamber President Teri Schunk explains:

(Teri Schunk 5-12-20)

Schunk said that the virtual 5K can be run or walked from any location; People can register at runsignup.com/MyHomeGym2020 or call 320-4024 for more information.

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Maines Paper & Food Service notified employees that they would be closing a significant portion of their operation in Conklin.  A letter to employees stated that they had tried to sell the business & they also failed to secure paycheck protection loans from the federal government as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Delaware County Public Health is reporting no new cases of COVID-19, the known active cases in the County are now 8.  To date there have been 75 confirmed positive cases, 10 people are under mandatory quarantine 13 cases have been transferred out of the county, 3 are isolated in a hospital, 5 are recovering at home, 4 people are deceased and 50 have fully recovered.

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