Tompkins County Seeing ‘High Transmission Rate’ of COVID-19; Children Under 12 Make up 20 percent of Recent Cases

By Jimmy Jordan | August 23, 2021

(Fred Balfour / WRFI) ITHACA, NY — Tompkins County is seeing a high transmission rate of COVID-19, prompting  the Health Department to recommend masking in all local schools. As defined by the CDC, high-transmission of COVID is seeing over 100 positive cases per 100,000 residents over a seven-day period. According to data from the Tompkins…

Read More