Posts Tagged ‘coronavirus’
Coronavirus Update, February 17, 2021
The Tompkins County Health department received 800 COVID-19 vaccine doses for the week of February 15th. 600 doses will be set aside for grocery and P-12th grade school workers that are eligible under phase 1b. The Health Department will be sending registration links for vaccinations to grocery and school workers through their employers or association…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, February 16, 2021
A Siena College poll shows that Cuomo’s approval with voters has barely changed with his handling of the pandemic. The poll was conducted after Attorney General Letitia James reported that COVID caused nursing home deaths in New York have been undercounted by the thousands. The Cuomo administration has withheld New York nursing home data throughout…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 27, 2021
On Friday, Governor Cuomo announced he would allow higher risk sports to resume on February 1st, subject to local health department approval. Tompkins Public Health Director, Frank Kruppa, DID approve sports locally with additional requirements and precautions. Approved high risk sports for Tompkins County include; football, wrestling, ice hockey, rugby, and basketball. In addition to…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 22, 2021
The Tompkins County Health Department is reporting a number of potential public exposures to COVID-19. Our first one to report is at Five Below, at 744 S. Meadow St., in Ithaca. The date of the exposure to COVID was on Saturday, January 16, 11:30am–8:30pm. The other reported exposure to COVID-19 is at the Ithaca Walmart,…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 21, 2021
The number of hospitalizations in Tompkins due to complications from the virus are at 17 as of yesterday. The Tompkins County Health Department reported two coronavirus related deaths yesterday. According to the Tompkins County health department, as of the time of our 6 p.m. broadcast there are 295 active cases of COVID-19. Yesterday there were…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 20, 2021
The Tompkins County Health Department is reporting a number of potential public exposures to COVID-19 on TCAT, Routes 40, 43, and 53. The various exposures were in a rider, and occurred January 15 – 18. You can review the specific days and times of the COVID exposure on TCAT, Routes 40, 43, and 53 on…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 15, 2021
The Tompkins County Health Department is reporting yet another potential public exposure to COVID-19. This time, the positive case was detected at Aurora Shoe Repair at, 111 N Plain St, Ithaca (employee) An employee of the business who tested positive worked at the Aurora Shoe Repair on Thursday, January 7, from 8:00am to 5:00pm Tuesday,…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 13, 2021
First, a look at the local COVID-19 caseload: the number of hospitalizations in Tompkins due to complications from the virus are at 29. Sadly there was one death from the virus reported yesterday.According to the Tompkins County health department, as of the time of our 6 p.m. broadcast there are 266 active cases of COVID-19.…
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