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Monroe County broke its previous single-day COVID-19 case increase yesterday, clocking in 373 new cases in one day. This brings the 7 day rolling average to 270 new cases per day. With over 18,00 new COVID-19 cases over the past 7 days, Monroe County Public Health Commissioner Dr. Michael Mendoza isn’t too happy. In a […]
Officials have announced that the Wheatland-Chili Central School District have moved to remote learning after finding out that a staff member working in the transportation building has tested positive for the coronavirus. The staff member is in isolation and a few other members are taking quarantine precautions per contact tracing recommendations. The transportation department is […]
For the first time in 8 days, Monroe County’s COVID-19 yellow zone is below 4% positivity. This is a really good sign, as we were on track to become upgraded to an orange zone by Albany. Monroe County’s current micro-cluster positivity rate is at 3.68 %. This news comes after the 14 day re evaluation […]
Since Monroe County has been updated to a yellow zone, a few school districts have begun testing their students and staff for COVID-19 starting Monday. The regulations state that they have to test 20% of people in each building. Every one of the 603 tests that Webster schools administered on Monday came back negative. In […]
The COVID-19 rates in the Dakotas are the worst in the world according to USA Today. After declining to cancel their state fair and bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors to a motorsports rally this summer, South Dakota’s hospitals are filling up and the COVID-19 death rate is one of the highest in the world. […]
Last week, the Wheatland-Chili School district confirmed that a middle / high school student tested positive for COVID-19. According to officials, the student did not contract the virus on school grounds and the student will not be returning to campus until they test negative and the Monroe County Department of Public Health says its okay. […]
Strong Memorial Hospital is almost at 100% capacity due to the rising infection rates of COVID-19. With more cases in three days than the entire month of September, beds are filling up at an exponential rate. Hospitalizations in general have risen by more than 100% in the past 19 days as well. “The number of […]
Elon Musk told the world on social media that he might have COVID-19. He said that he took 4 tests in one day, 2 of which were positive and 2 of which were negative. It is unclear as too whether or not this news will impact the SpaceX plans to launch astronauts to the international […]
California is postponing its reopening plans due to a spike in statewide coronavirus cases. Currently, California has over 1 million cases and a 4.2% infection rate – joining Texas with the highest pandemic rates in the country. San Diego county is being forced back to the most severe of the color-coded levels and many small […]
In a virtual briefing to discuss the new COVID-19 Yellow Zone designation, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello and Public Health Commissioner Michael Mendoza said: “It is clear we are experiencing community spread throughout Monroe County. It’s not targeted to one neighborhood or zip code, but it’s related to gatherings of people not in the same […]
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