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Broome County on May 19 reported two more lives lost bringing the total to seven for the week.

With new COVID cases soaring locally, health officials are letting residents know more free COVID-19 home test kits are available through the mail.

Broome County Health Department and area hospital officials are expressing concern about an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations in recent days.

Add New York Governor Kathy Hochul to the statistics for new cases of COVID-19 detected in the past several days.

The surge in COVID-19 cases in New York continues and is spreading beyond a hotspot in Central New York and the Finger Lakes.

Southern Tier COVID-19 case numbers are also reflecting the high transmission of the latest subvariant of the coronavirus.

The CDC is recommending residents of Broome, Tioga, Susquehanna and Bradford counties wear masks due to a jump in COVID-19 infection rates.

Some significant COVID-19 numbers are being passed as cases again start to rise, this time due to a subvariant of the Omicron mutation.

The Southern Tier has gone its longest since the start of the pandemic with no additional deaths.