Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel continues to be concerned about rising COVID numbers, however he isn’t ready yet to make any new mandates regarding mask wearing. “I don’t see us doing that (requiring masks), but that’s not to say we’re not considering it,” he said Tuesday ...
The number of people in Chautauqua County hospitals who have tested positive for COVID-19 has more than doubled in the last week. The county Health Department on Wednesday released its latest COVID statistics, noting that 50 people were hospitalized as of Tuesday. There were 23 people hospitalized in stats released last week. On Jan. 13 of this year, there were 57 people with the virus in the hospital in the county, the highest during the pandemic. "Our county is approaching that peak this week," the health department said in a news release. From Nov. 14 to Nov. 20, the county ...
With Thanksgiving only two days away, there is reason for worry locally when it comes to the COVID-19 virus. According to the most recent numbers available through New York state, 391 COVID patients are filling the beds of the hospitals in Western New York as of Friday. Only New York City has a higher rate. There, 415 patients are reported in beds with the virus. Even locally, though area hospital officials will not reveal the high numbers, there are indicators of another major spike right before the holidays. At Brooks-TLC Hospital System in Dunkirk last last week, workers reported to ...
ALBANY — The pandemic and the state’s free tuition program for public universities are creating tall challenges for New York’s private colleges. The private colleges have been on a downward enrollment trajectory, similar to the path of schools in other states. Nationally, preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows enrollment for all colleges has fallen by 6.5% since 2019. Commenting on the overall trends in both the public and private sectors, Doug Shapiro, director of the research center, said: “Far from filling the hole of last year’s ...
The U.S. is facing its second Thanksgiving of the pandemic in better shape than the first time around, thanks to the vaccine, though some regions are seeing surges of COVID-19 cases that could get worse as families travel the country for gatherings that were impossible a year ago. Nearly 200 ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Cadell Walker rushed to get her 9-year-old daughter Solome vaccinated against COVID-19 — not just to protect her but to help stop the coronavirus from spreading and spawning even more dangerous variants. "Love thy neighbor is something that we really do believe, ...
