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GLOVERSVILLE Since the start of the pandemic through Tuesday, 14,100 nursing home residents statewide have died of the coronavirus. Of those individuals, 46 residents of Fulton County nursing homes and 60 residents of Montgomery County nursing homes have died.
A report issued by state Attorney General Letitia James on Jan. 28 found that a larger number of nursing home residents died from the COVID-19 than had been publicly reported by the state Department of Health. The report indicated those numbers may have been undercounted by as much as 50 percent.
State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker in response issued a statement on Jan. 28 saying that statewide coronavirus deaths have been accurately reported, with the data on deaths in nursing homes and at hospitals reported separately.
Feb 13, 2021
With Valentine s Day approaching, the Fonda-Fultonville Central School Key Club wanted to let the residents at the Wilkinson Residential Health Care Facility in Amsterdam know that Valentine wishes were being sent their way. The High School Key Club members individually designed and crafted handmade Valentine s Day cards for each of the residents. Each of the 90 Valentine s Day cards were uniquely decorated and contained heartfelt wishes to the recipient to have a happy day. The Wilkinson Residential Health Care Facility Activities Department was given the collection of these Valentine s Day cards to distribute due to the CDC guidelines preventing the Key Club members from actually visiting the residents. The Fonda-Fultonville Central School Key Club is sponsored by the Gloversville-Johnstown Kiwanis Club. (Photo submitted)
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FONDA Montgomery County Executive Matthew Ossenfort gave a ground-level view Thursday of the sputtering COVID vaccination program, with insight into how the chaos is affecting local health care providers and public health officials.
“What has happened in the last week or so in my opinion has really made a tough situation worse,” he said in a Facebook Live update. “I cannot remember a worse response to a major public issue than what I’m seeing right now.”
Schenectady County, meanwhile, said Thursday that the vaccination rollout has been so consuming that it must scale back its infection tracking and quarantine followup, and have infected county residents do some of the contact tracing themselves.