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Bassett Sets Up Clinic To Inoculate 300 This Saturday

COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Bassett Sets Up Clinic To Inoculate 300 This Saturday Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note:  www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19.  We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, the only New York State special sites  still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over is Plattsburgh and Potsdam. According to the NYS website, “The Federal Government determines how…

Daily COVID-19 Vaccine Update

COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Only Plattsburgh, Potsdam Sites Offer Appointments Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note:  www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19.  We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, the only New York State special sites  still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over is Plattsburgh and Potsdam. According to the NYS website, “The Federal Government determines how much vaccine New…

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Two Fatalities In 48 Hours

Two Fatalities In 48 Hours By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In just 48 hours the COVID-19 fatalities within the county have gone up by two – both females over the age of 55 who were previously hospitalized as a result of the virus – bringing the total fatalities for 2021 up to six. Active cases continue to climb and stand now at 289. According to County Public Health Director Heidi Bond, “We are still seeing cases related…

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Appointments Limited In Area And Beyond

COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Appointments Limited In Area And Beyond Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note:  www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19.  We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, the only New York State special sites  still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over is Plattsburgh and Potsdam. According to the NYS website, “The Federal Government determines how much vaccine New York…

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Spike In Cases, Upward Trend Despite Reporting Delays

Spike In Cases, Upward Trend Despite Reporting Delays By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For a week, new cases have remained below 40 per day until today, when a significant increase was reported. Eighty new cases were reported, offset by 22 completed periods of isolation. Further, the sudden uptick in cases can be attributed to a delay in lab reporting according to county Public Health Director Heidi Bond. That said, the trend “definitely” remains upwards Bond added.…

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Anti-COVID Vaccination Appointments Available At Select Locations With Eligibility

COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Appointments Still Available At NY Sites In Utica, Binghamton Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note:  www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19.  We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, New York State’s special sites at Utica and Binghamton were still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over, but Albany is not for the time being. Through the “Am…

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Cornhole Tourney Spawns Outbreak

32 NEW CASES IN COUNTY Cornhole Tourney Spawns Outbreak By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – An additional 39 COVID-19 cases are being blamed in part on a Cornhole Tournament at the Schenevus VFW “on or around” Jan. 2, the county Health Department reports today. That said, there are five fewer cases than the sum of yesterday’s active cases and today’s newly reported cases. “The period for monitoring symptoms has passed. It is important to note that if…

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Active Cases Drop, Deaths and Hospitalizations Rise

Active Cases Drop, But One More Death By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The fourth COVID-19 fatality of the new year was reported yesterday – a woman over 55. Hospitalizations have also increased by one, however. Despite an increase in the newly reported cases, active COVID-19 infections have fallen, the result of successful isolation periods, according to county Public Health Director Heidi Bond. The recent expansion of anti-COVID vaccination eligibility brings a lot of good news and…

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County Cases See-Saw

County COVID Cases See-Saw By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After increases in new reported cases, active cases and hospitalizations categories yesterday – as compared to the totals of the previous day – all three categories have again dropped. This dip in totals, however, still remains higher than the totals reported on Jan. 10 – the “low” before yesterday’s increases. Deaths have remained at zero since the two deaths reported on Jan. 7, making the total COVID-19…

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First COVID Death Of The New Year

First COVID Death Of 2021 Reported By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After a week of no deaths, the first COVID-19 fatality of 2021 occurred yesterday, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond reported today. This brings the total fatalities since the virus arrive in Otsego County to 18. The latest victim was a male over 55 years, Bond said.…