Governor Cuomo announced today that the number of Hospitalizations of COVID 19 patients was down to 714, the lowest number since March 18th. There were 705 new cases diagnosed Tuesday, about 1.04% of all tested, Bringing Statewide Total to 408,886. There were 9 COVID-19 Deaths in the State Tuesday, bringing the state death toll to 25,068; the number of ICU Patients on ventilators was 96.
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Many area counties have been seeing an increase in Coronavirus cases this month. Heidi Bond of the Otsego County Health Department reminds people of what they should be doing to prevent the spread of the virus:
(Heidi Bond 7-22-20)
The Southern Tier Regional has had an increase in the percentage of people testing positive in the last couple of weeks, previously it was among the lowest in the state at about 1/2%, in the last week, positive tests were getting close to 2% of those tested on average.
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Chenango County Public Health released their latest Coronavirus numbers this morning; they report 188 total cases, with 142 Active Quarantines, no Active Hospitalizations, 168 recoveries, 7 deaths and over 14,600 Tests Performed.
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School Districts across the state are trying to come up with plans to meet any scenario in order to teach for the 2020-21 school year. Sidney School District Superintendent Eben Bullock told WCDO News that they have a survey for parents to fill out, in order to help establish plans:
(Eben Bullock 7-22-20)
The survey can be found at the Sidney central School district website, Facebook page or twitter page. It can also be accomplished by phone at 561-7703, the district would like to have those completed & back to officials by this Sunday. School district will submit their proposals to the state by August 1st, and decisions will be made around August 7th.
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A.O. Fox Hospital’s Tri-Town Campus at 43 Pearl Street West in Sidney is hosting a blood drive in partnership with The American Red Cross on Tuesday, July 28, between 2:00 & 6:00 PM. Donors may participate by appointment only and will receive mandatory temperature screenings at the door. Reserve a time today by visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-733-2767.
The State Department of Labor released unemployment rates for June, The State’s rates increased to 15.7% in June, locally Chenango County had 8.4%, Delaware County 9.2% & Otsego County 9.3% unemployment.
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Broome County Health Department is reporting that they are up to 869 confirmed cases of COVID 19. They report 61 deaths, 678 recoveries, 512 are being monitored by the Department, and they have conducted over 25,400 tests.
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Otsego County Department of Health received their 1st positive COVID 19 case on March 23rd, the outbreak quickly spread with 21 cases in 11 days. There have been 15 cases reported so far in July. There are currently 4 people hospitalized with 3 people requiring intensive care. There was 1 new case Tuesday, with 93 total confirmed cases, there are 9 active cases, 79 have recovered from illness & there have been 5 deaths.
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Delaware County Public Health received 1 new case of COVID-19 Tuesday and is reporting 1 additional recovery. The known active cases remain at 4. To date there have been 88 confirmed positive cases, with 14 people under mandatory quarantine and 15 people under precautionary quarantine, 3 people are at home and 1 is in a hospital, 6 people have died and 78 have fully recovered.
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State Police are looking for a man who stole 2 donation jars at the Speedway store on State Highway 28 in the village of Margaretville. The money in the jars was to be donated to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The theft occurred on Monday at approximately 12:15 a.m. He is described as a white male with glasses, wearing black pants, a backwards black hat, a black shirt with a cat on it and the words “Hug Life” across the front, he left in a small SUV and may have had 2 other people in the vehicle with him. If you have any information, contact SP Sidney at (607)561-7400.
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