Posts Tagged ‘coronavirus’

The Tompkins County Health Department is announcing the receipt of nearly 2,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine.  The Covid-19 Vaccine Registry has communicated appointment information to a random selection of nearly 1,200 individuals with co-morbidities and 800 individuals with 1a and 1b essential worker classification. Tompkins County is reporting 21 new positive cases of COVID-19, and…

Starting April 1, domestic travelers entering New York State from non-contiguous states will no longer be required to quarantine for two weeks.  Travelers will still be required to monitor their health for 14 days upon arrival in New York, and are asked to self-isolate if they show any symptoms of COVID-19.  Also, those entering the…

Schuyler county now has 200 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The doses are available for Adults 18 and older with certain medical conditions, employees of the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and some essential workers. Schuyler County is in phase 1b of their vaccine rollout program, members of the county 65 and older…

For Tompkins County Residents, free rides are available to the State-Run vaccination clinic in Binghamton.  There are two round trips each day, One leaving at 9am and returning at 2:15pm. The other, leaving at 2:15pm, and returning at 6:30pm. The busses are departing from 130 East Seneca Street in Downtown Ithaca. In addition, is a…

Data from the New York State Health Department shows that COVID-19 vaccinations have exceeded 20,000 in Tompkins County. This makes 9.74 percent of the county fully vaccinated. The Ithaca Voice reports that Public Health Director Frank Kruppa has said that 75 percent of the population has to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. Tompkins County’s…

Tompkins county is reporting 11 new positive COVID cases, totaling 93 active cases.  Schuyler County is reporting 4 new COVID cases, bringing their active cases to a total of 13.

The Tompkins County Health Department is announcing new groups of people who are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine locally. Public-facing hotel workers and people who are homebound are encouraged to sign up for the Tompkins County Vaccine Registry. You can access the registry here, and the Health Department will reach out when appointments become…

Active cases of COVID-19 have been on a downward trend in Tompkins County. According to the County’s local coronavirus data, the weekly average for new positive cases is 9 a day. 9 new positive cases a day — the last time this was the average was in Early November, before the well predicted holiday spike of…