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HOPEWELL Ontario County Public Health is reporting 11 new COVID-19 cases Monday and no deaths since five were reported Friday.
With the 11 new, all community-acquired cases, 5,156 Ontario County residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. There have been 95 deaths.
Many of the new cases are related household contacts, school-age kids and community cases.
There are 359 COVID-19 positive individuals who are being isolated. This is in addition to 459 mandatory quarantines (contacts of positive cases), totaling 818 in the isolation and quarantine category.
There were 191 negative tests.
There are believed to be 30 patients in the hospital.
WHECTV Created: February 02, 2021 01:22 PM
ALBANY, N.Y. (WHEC) Local governments can choose to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to taxi and ride-share drivers, restaurant workers, and those in developmentally disabled facilities in light of an increase in supply from the federal government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
The governor made the announcement during his COVID-19 briefing Tuesday, just hours after he said governors joined a call with White House officials.
President Joe Biden’s administration will be increasing the supply of vaccines going to states by 5% over the next three weeks on top of the 16% increase the administration previously announced, Cuomo said. Federal allocations to pharmacies, meanwhile, will increase by around 10%, which is about 30,000 doses, he said.
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At its Tuesday meeting, the joint City-County COVID Task Force focused on reports from local health practitioners about local vaccine roll out strategies. While multiple agencies continue to request doses of vaccine from the state, a supply backlog at the federal level makes actual delivery dates uncertain.
With so many potential distribution points, residents might be feeling stressed about accessing accurate and timely information. To assist, the Task Force has updated its website to provide a centralized vaccine update page by clicking here.