COVID-19

The Broome County Health Department is preparing for the upcoming fall school semester and how the new school year will look in the on-going pandemic.

There is a disparity between the COVID numbers reported by local health departments and the figures found on the New York State website.

State Department of Health officials tell The Associated Press that only a tiny fraction of those new cases are so-called outbreaks in vaccinated New Yorkers.

Broome County is reporting 26 new COVID 19 cases for the week.

A new program that will provide 1,000 full time paid positions through local health departments, other regional health departments, and the New York State Department of Health has been established.

New York State’s COVID-19 infection rate is now back over one percent on a rolling, seven-day average.

Lawmakers are demanding that Governor Andrew Cuomo lift remaining restrictions for visits at nursing homes.

Broome County’s Health Department is being recognized for its creativity in dealing with the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

Four COVID mass vaccination sites in New York state are closing after administering their last shots on July 19.

As vaccination rates in New York state slowly rise, the Empire State is also recording an uptick in COVID-19 cases.