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Officials from the Monroe County Department of Public Health reported 127 new COVID-19 cases on Monday afternoon. This means that Monroe County has 1,049 new COVID-19 cases in the last 13 days, which averages out to 92 new cases a day. Although the new case numbers are high, there have been no new virus related […]
Wednesday was the 11th day in a row of zero new COVID-19 cases in Monroe County. According to Department of Health Officials, there have been 297 COVID-19 related deaths to date, and 5 of those occurred after August 28th. Currently, there are 27 people in the Finger Lakes region being hospitalized for the coronavirus and […]
As of yesterday, August 19th, New York State’s COVID-19 infection rates have continued to be clocked at under 1% for the 12th day in a row. According to the most recent numbers of 80,425 tests conducted Tuesday, 631 came back positive for an infection rate of 0.78%. Governor Andrew Cuomo commented on this during a […]
Ever since July, Netflix has been testing a new feature — a shuffle button. According to a statement they released yesterday: “We’re always looking for better ways to connect members with shows and films that they will love. We run these tests in different countries and for different periods of time – and only make […]
For the first time since March, there were no deaths resulting from COVID-19 reported in a 24 hour period in New York City. According to city officials, the successful results are in part due to new guidances on face masks and better testing availability. The city wants to continue this streak and will be “doubling […]
A German study out of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover found that dogs are able to distinguish human saliva samples that are infected with the novel coronavirus from those that are not with 94 percent accuracy, if properly trained. For the study, which was published in the BMC Infectious Diseases journal on July […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo gave his COVID-19 briefing in New York City on Wednesday. I have to say I almost thought he was the President for a moment while he was addressing the rise in cases across the country. So how is the Governor of New York explaining what’s happening across the country with the coronavirus […]
Pfizer and BioNTech have been hard at work researching and testing a possible vaccine against the coronavirus. On Wednesday, the pharmaceutical companies announced that initial trials looked promising and seemed optimistic about the future of the vaccine. In the most recent trial, 45 people were tested. 36 of them received the vaccine and 9 got […]
On Thursday, Texas reported its highest spike in coronavirus cases since it began re opening. The governor has since paused the scheduled phase in response to the more than 6000 new cases that were reported in one day. The combined numbers in the 30 states that have begun reopening procedures have set a record for […]
On May 30th there were no new deaths from COVID-19 in Monroe County. The toll remained the same as it was last Friday, at 218. As of May 30, there have been 2,852 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Monroe County, of which, 44 cases were added 24 hours before the statistic was updated. 189 cases […]