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COVID updateThere are 52 new cases of COVID in the county, according to the Otsego County Department of Health, with 386 active cases and 12 hospitalizations. No new deaths have been reported.
Otsego County is currently in an area of high community transmission. The Center for Disease Control and the DOH recommend wearing a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status.
Otsego County COVID update Update: 71 new cases were reported today, according to the Otsego County Department of Health. There are 359 active cases with 10 hospitalizations. No new deaths have been reported. Otsego County Public Health Director Heidi Bond said Tuesday afternoon that the county is “currently experiencing the highest surge in COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started almost two years ago.” “It is critical that everyone continue to curb the spread of COVID-19,” she said. “We know that social distancing, wearing masks, and getting vaccinated works. Please continue to take the proper precautions to protect yourselves and those…
PROFILE FROM THE FRONT LINES Heidi Bond, General Leads Battle To End Coronavirus Attack By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In the past 20 years, as reports of H1N1, SARS, MARS and other viruses would surface on the news, most of us never gave them a second thought. Not so Heidi Bond, Otsego County’s public health director, and her half-dozen staff members in The Meadows Office Complex in the Town of Middlefield. “Since 2001 – after 911, the bombing of the World Trade Center – the state Health Department prepared for all types of diseases, and pandemics were…
COVID update December 13 There are 37 new COVID cases in Otsego County, according to the Otsego County Department of Health, including a total of 340 active cases with 10 hospitalizations. No new deaths have been reported. There is a 9.1% positivity rate in the county. Governor Kathy Hochul announced over the weekend that masks will be required in all public places starting today until January 15, 2022.…