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Governor Cuomo held a COVID briefing today in Albany; he said that a meeting with President Biden by the national Board of Governors brought the states the news of some relief:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Cuomo 1-27-21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cuomo said that the President also announced a 16% increase in COVID vaccines coming to the state, bringing New York’s Numbers closer to 300,000 a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The State Health Department is keeping up with their schedule of COVID testing around the state; with over 202,000 tested Tuesday, just over 11,000 were positive, the positivity rate is down to 5.4%. Hospitalization declined to 8771, there are 1588 in an ICU Bed, & 1027 are on ventilators, there were 170 deaths Tuesday from the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Chenango County Public Health confirmed 2 more COVID19 related deaths, bringing the County’s toll to 37. Chenango County officials reported 180 Active Cases, with 18 hospitalized & 531 Quarantined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Delaware County Sheriff Craig DuMond announced that the Sheriff\u2019s Office has received grant funding through the Chenango Health Network that will help train emergency services personnel, law enforcement & others to identify persons with a mental disorder and employ crisis de-escalation techniques:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Sheriff DuMond 1-27-21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trainings will be provided by Chenango Health Network, the funding will cover the next 5 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Spring 2021 classes began remotely at SUNY Oneonta this week, and the college has put a comprehensive plan with input from students, faculty, staff, public health experts, community leaders and elected officials, for a safe semester. SUNY Oneonta Acting President Dennis Craig told WCDO News about the plan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Dennis Craig 1-27-21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Craig said that over 1,500 students registered for at least one in-person class. About 650 students have opted to live in residence halls this semester, while housing capacity on campus is more than 3,600.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Delaware County Public Health reported 2 new cases of COVID Tuesday, they report 21 hospitalized, 166 active cases and 348 quarantined & they reported 3 more deaths, the county has had 35 deaths since the spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The State Labor Department released Unemployment rates for local counties for the month of December. Locally, Chenango County had 5.6% Delaware County 5.6% and Otsego County 5.8%, the state wide rate was 8.2% in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Village of Bainbridge will present the Village’s Police Reform Commission report for Public Comment through a ZOOM Meeting Tonight, Bainbridge Mayor Phil Wade Comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Phil Wade 1-27-21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ZOOM link is available for tonight’s meeting on the VillageofBainbridge.org website; the meeting will be from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced that no new players were voted in Tuesday, but they could still have a ceremony in July, depending on the COVID situation. Last Year’s inductees, Derek Jeter and Larry Walker had their ceremonies postponed because of the pandemic, but would be honored this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Village of Sidney crews discovered a Water Main Break at about 4:30 this morning, located near Valley View Drive. Sidney Water customers along State Route 8 near Guilford will have their water service interrupted during the repairs, they hope to have the repairs completed by about 12:00 Noon today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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P.M. NEWS WEDNESDAY 1-27-21 Governor Cuomo held a COVID briefing today in Albany; he said that a meeting with President Biden by the national Board of Governors brought the states the news of some relief: (Cuomo 1-27-21) Cuomo said that … Continue reading