White Plains, NY
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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Positive-Test Rate Sees New Increase; Latest Breakdown By Community COVID-19: Hudson Valley Positive-Test Rate Sees New Increase; Latest Breakdown By Community
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Positive-Test Rate Sees New Increase; Latest Breakdown By Community The Delta COVID-19 variant continues to run wild throughout New York as the positive infection rate in the Hudson Valley continues to rise precipitously. According to the Department of Health, the seven-day average positive-testing rate for those tested in the Hudson Valley rose from 1.29 percent on Friday, July 23 to 1.40 percent the following day, up to 1.58 percent on Sunday, July 25. There were no new virus-related deaths in the Hudson Valley over the weekend, though fatalities were reported in Cattaraugus, Kings, and Schoharie counties. Infection rates in the state’s 10 regions on Ju…

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by Zak Failla
White Plains, NY
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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By County COVID-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By County
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By County The Delta COVID-19 variant continues to run wild throughout New York as the positive infection rate in the Hudson Valley continues to rise precipitously.  According to the Department of Health, the positive-test rate for those tested in the Hudson Valley has hit 1.21 percent as of Thursday, July 22, up from less than 1 percent less than two weeks ago. There were no new virus-related deaths in the Hudson Valley in the past 24 hours, though a single fatality was reported in Erie County. Infection rates in the state’s 10 regions on July 22, according to the state Department of Health: …

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Massapequa, NY
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COVID-19: Long Island Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By Community COVID-19: Long Island Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By Community
Covid-19: Long Island Infection Rate Increases Again; Latest Breakdown By Community The Delta variant continues to run wild throughout New York as the COVID-19 positive infection rate on Long Island continues to rise, up near 2 percent. According to the Department of Health, the positive-testing rate for those tested on Long Island has hit 1.97 percent as of Thursday, July 22, up from approximately 1 percent less than two weeks ago. There were no new virus-related deaths on Long Island in the past 24 hours, though a single fatality was reported in Erie County. Infection rates in the state’s 10 regions on July 22, according to the state Department of Health: Capital Regi…

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Greenburgh, NY
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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Increase In Positive-Test Rate; Latest Breakdown By County COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Increase In Positive-Test Rate; Latest Breakdown By County
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Increase In Positive-Test Rate; Latest Breakdown By County The positive COVID-19 infection rate continues to climb in the Hudson Valley as New York contends with the Delta variant of the virus. According to the Department of Health, the positive COVID-19 infection rate for those tested in the Hudson Valley has hit 1.14 percent as of Wednesday, July 21, up from 0.76 percent as recently as Sunday, July 11 as the virus continues to spread. There were no new virus-related deaths in the Hudson Valley in the past 24 hours, though single fatalities were reported in both Queens and Suffolk County. Infection rates in the state’s 10 regions on July 21, acco…

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Massapequa, NY
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COVID-19: Long Island Sees New Increase In Positive-Test Rate; Latest Breakdown By County COVID-19: Long Island Sees New Increase In Positive-Test Rate; Latest Breakdown By County
Covid-19: Long Island Sees New Increase In Positive-Test Rate; Latest Breakdown By County The positive COVID-19 infection rate is back to approaching 2 percent on Long Island as the area continues to deal with new variants of the virus. In the past week, the seven-day average positive infection rate on Long Island has risen from 1.28 percent to 1.86 percent of those tested on Wednesday, July 21. Both Nassau (152) and Suffolk (126) saw more than 100 new COVID-19 cases for the first time in weeks, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 185,525 and 202,711, respectively. One new virus-related death was reported in Nassau, bringing the total to 3,846 since the pandemic began, w…

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Somers, NY
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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rates Jumps Up Again COVID-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rates Jumps Up Again
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Infection Rates Jumps Up Again The COVID-19 numbers in the Hudson Valley continue to get worse as the region, state, and country continue to contend with a surge in cases linked to unvaccinated people become exposed by the Delta variants. According to the Department of Health, the positive COVID-19 infection rate for those tested in the Hudson Valley has hit 1.10 percent as of Tuesday, July 20, up from 0.76 percent as recently as Sunday, July 11 as the virus continues to spread. Infection rates in the state’s 10 regions on July 20, according to the state Department of Health: Capital Region: 1.89 percent; Long Island: …

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Massapequa, NY
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COVID-19: Cause For Concern? NY Sees Rise In Infection Rate COVID-19: Cause For Concern? NY Sees Rise In Infection Rate
Covid-19: Cause For Concern? NY Sees Rise In Infection Rate Some alarms are being sounded as New York State is in the midst of a slight uptick in its COVID-19 infection rate over the weekend. Officials are encouraging unvaccinated New Yorkers to get a shot in the arm as the state’s positive infection rate rose to 1.10 percent for those tested for COVID-19 on Sunday, July 11. One new virus-related death was reported, bringing the total number of fatalities to 43,011 statewide since the pandemic began, and the seven-day rolling positive COVID-19 infection rate is at approximately 0.88 percent. The one COVID-19-related death in Queens County matches t…

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Mamaroneck, NY
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COVID-19: Here's How Many NYers Are Now Fully Vaccinated, Other New Data COVID-19: Here's How Many NYers Are Now Fully Vaccinated, Other New Data
Covid-19: Here's How Many NYers Are Now Fully Vaccinated, Other New Data More than a million New Yorkers have received COVID-19 vaccinations in the past seven days as the number fully vaccinated against the virus continues to rise. On Monday, May 3, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that more than seven million of New York's 19.5 million residents are now fully vaccinated. 91,035 doses have been administered across the state's vast distribution network in the last 24 hours, and more than 1.1 million doses have been administered over the past seven days. In total, 15,734,364 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in New York since the vaccination progra…

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Armonk, NY
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COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees Downtick In Positive Cases; Latest Breakdown By County COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees Downtick In Positive Cases; Latest Breakdown By County
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees Downtick In Positive Cases; Latest Breakdown By County The Hudson Valley continues to see the number of positive COVID-19 cases dropping throughout the region as it continues combating the spread of the virus.  The COVID infection rate of those tested in the Hudson Valley was down to 3.62 percent on Thursday, April 13, continuing a weeklong slide, though it remains among the highest rates in the state, ahead of only Western New York (4.93 percent). Statewide, the positivity rate is approaching 3 percent, down from 3.6 percent to 3.04 percent during that same stretch, the lowest in a month. Seven hundred new COVID-19 cases were confirmed t…

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Massapequa, NY
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COVID-19: Long Island Sees Infection-Rate Uptick; Latest Case Breakdown By Community COVID-19: Long Island Sees Infection-Rate Uptick; Latest Case Breakdown By Community
Covid-19: Long Island Sees Infection-Rate Uptick; Latest Case Breakdown By Community After seeing the positive COVID-19 infection rate for those tested on Long Island drop for several days this week, the state is reporting a slight uptick as both Nassau and Suffolk counties saw more than 800 newly confirmed infections. Following four straight days of decline, Long Island's average seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate rose slightly, from 4.27 percent to 4.28 percent of those tested on Wednesday, April 7. The rate is now the second-highest in New York, only better than Western New York (4.67 percent). Statewide, the COVID-19 infection rate continues dropping, from 3.6 percent e…

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Pelham, NY
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COVID-19: Arrival Of Residents From NYC Drives Spike In Cases In These Upstate Counties COVID-19: Arrival Of Residents From NYC Drives Spike In Cases In These Upstate Counties
Covid-19: Arrival Of Residents From NYC Drives Spike In Cases In These Upstate Counties With many downstate New Yorkers flocking to less dense, more rural areas in upstate New York during the COVID-19 pandemic, those regions are reporting a rise in the number of cases of the virus that are spreading. Upstate officials are working to get as many COVID-19 vaccinations completed as quickly as possible as many have fled from New York City and the suburbs during the pandemic in favor of locales further upstate. According to some reports, the number of New York City residents who have moved upstate into the Captial Region’s four largest counties has increased by more than 200 percen…

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White Plains, NY
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COVID-19: Two Hudson Valley Counties Lead State In Infection Rates; New Breakdown, Latest Data COVID-19: Two Hudson Valley Counties Lead State In Infection Rates; New Breakdown, Latest Data
Covid-19: Two Hudson Valley Counties Lead State In Infection Rates; New Breakdown, Latest Data Two counties in the Hudson Valley have the highest COVID-19 positivity rate in New York State, according to the most recent data from the Department of Health. In Orange County, the 6.7 percent positivity rate of those tested for COVID-19 is the highest in the state, followed by Rockland County, which sat at a total of 6.2 percent over the weekend. The rates are the highest in New York, in front of Bronx County (5.5 percent), and Suffolk County (5.4 percent). New York has averaged 548 cases for every 100,000 residents over the past two weeks, the second-highest rate in the country, behin…

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