Only One Case Of Coronavirus Remains Locally That Patient Under Treatment COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County is one case away from being coronavirus-free, according to the report released today by county Public Health Director Heidi Bond. Of 62 total confirmed cases since the virus arrived, 57 of those infected have recovered. Four people have passed away. Bond confirmed that arithmetic. That leaves one case, now being treated, according to the report, issued a few minutes ago of data on hand at…
Online home of The Freeman's Journal and Hometown Oneonta
Advertisement
coronavirus - Page 12
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MAY 3 All Events Cancelled CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS CLICK TO LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Thursday, 4/30 Governor Details ‘Contact Tracing’ ALBANY – Governor Cuomo Wednesday announced that New York State’s contract-tracing program, headed up by former NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg, will deploy 30 “contact tracers” per 100,000 people to areas with the highest rates of infection and regions that data shows could be the first to open. Planned in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut through the next flu season, program is expected to have 6,400 to 17,000 tracers statewide depending on the…
LETTER from GERRY WELCH Expecting COVID Will Go Away Is Magical Thinking To the Editor: Authorities seem to believe the coronavirus is going to behave like SARS. Here today and probably gone tomorrow. Magically disappear. They are simply not preparing for the potential long haul, that of the virus again and again rearing its ugly head. They also don’t seem to be willing to think that immunity is gained by surviving the disease. I think out of the box, both…
LETTER from JAMES DEAN Well-Intentioned Visitors May Spur Rebound In Corinavirus To the Editor: The best practice COVID-19 containment plans of Otsego County, and its residents, could be upset to an unknown degree this summer when well intentioned visitors may start coming in from all over the country. That will be the uncontrollable variable that could show up in possible increases of positive local cases, towards the end of the summer, in my view. Contact tracing would seem very difficult…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Want To Cut Loose? Try Las Vegas To the Editor: While Otsego County may be in the same Upstate region as Utica, the risk of re-opening Otsego County too soon is far greater than it would be for Utica. Otsego County, particularly Cooperstown, is an international tourist destination; Utica, not so much. While I am all for cautiously re-opening Otsego County, if the tourist industry were allowed to reopen in full, the relatively low number of…
Numbers Steady On Coronavirus COOPERSTOWN – Local infestations of the coronavirus are continuing at a minimal level. Overnight, a single new case was reported, raising Otsego County’s infestations to 62, according to county Public Health Director Heidi Bond. Two people are hospitalized, down from three yesterday; 46 people have recovered, the same as yesterday.…
3 More Cases Found; One Person Recovers COOPERSTOWN – Three more cases of COVID-19 surfaced overnight, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond reported a few minutes ago, bringing the total Otsego County cases to 61. Overnight, one more person recovered from the illness, raising recoveries from 45 to 46. Three remain hospitalized, same as yesterday. And the reported deaths remain at four.…
In 3 Days, Foundation Achieves $30K Target, Has $80K In COVID Aid Ohio Foundation Offers $20K In A Dollar-For-Dollar Match COOPERSTOWN – By yesterday afternoon, less than 72 hours after the Community Foundation of Otsego County formally announced the COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund, community members sent in checks and used credit card payments that succeeded in meeting the $30,000 challenge match. “Good news,” said Harry Levine, foundation board chairman, in announcing the response, adding, “We now have $80,000 to…
ADMIN COMMITTEE ASKS: Let Counties Like Otsego Be 1st To Normalize Full Board May Act May 7 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The county board will be asked to ally itself with similar counties – Schoharie, Delaware and Chenango, for instance – to be first in line to phase out of the coronavirus shutdown, county Rep. Meg Kennedy, R-Hartwick/Milford/New Lisbon, said this evening. When it met earlier this month, Kennedy said, the county board’s Administration Committee,…
