KINGSTON, N.Y. â Ulster County reported seven COVID-19 deaths over the past two days, a spike in fatalities that put the total death toll at 126.
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The county had 145 new positive cases in the 48 hours, including 74 out of 1,501 tested on Sunday, a 4.9% positivity rate.Â
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The county s COVID dashboard noted that 199 individuals had recovered and the active caseload actually dropped over the weekend from 2,093 to 2,034.Â
Since the pandemic began, Ulster has had 5,199 confirmed cases and 3,039 recoveries.
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. â The Saugerties Central School District has decided to stay with remote learning through the first week of January.
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The district had already been in remote mode through the end of the month, but announced on Friday, Dec. 18, it would extend that through the week of Jan. 4-8.
- Advertisement - Due to the consistent number of positive cases in our region and predictions for further increases as we move to the holiday season, the Saugerties Central School District will continue with our remote learning model, a letter to parents and guardians from Superintendent Kirk Reinhardt said. We anticipate returning to our hybrid model on Monday, January 11, 2021. We will continue to closely monitor our region and local cases.
KINGSTON, N.Y. â Rondout Valley and Marlboro s school districts announced they are switching to full remote instruction on a day when Ulster County reported two more deaths due to COVID-19.
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The Rondout Valley School District announced Tuesday that it will be fully remote Dec. 21-23 prior to the holiday break and all remote the week its schools resume for Jan. 4-8. During that first week of January, the district will reassess the situation. The current plan to return to hybrid instruction on Monday, Jan. 11.