Westchester County Executive George Latimer today announced that 80% of adult residents 18+ living in Westchester County have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The 80% vaccination rate equates to 653,829 people vaccinated out of a total population of 967,612 in Westchester. Westchester County continues to outpace […]
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COVID-19 wastewater treatment study updated
As of mid-May, the trends from a nearly year-long COVID-19 study at all seven Westchester County Wastewater Treatment plants collectively continue to decrease significantly week after week. These levels are as low as they were in mid-September of last year. Since early in the pandemic, the Westchester County Department of […]
Amid pandemic, entrepreneurs seek out new opportunities
Having already been furloughed by a boss in the twilight of his career and a global pandemic wreaking havoc, Jaime O’Neill started to mull his future. “I had a third child on the way in July [2020], and I was not in a place to be unemployed,” he said. The […]
New York State updates COVID-19 quarantine guidelines
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Dec. 30 updated quarantine guidelines for New York which are consistent with the latest Centers for Disease Control guidance. Under the new guidelines, individuals exposed to COVID-19 can end their quarantine after 10 days without a testing requirement as long as no symptoms have […]
New York State COVIS hospitalization numbers
Today’s #NewYork update on the numbers: Total #COVID hospitalizations are at 7,559. Of the 124,866 tests reported yesterday, 10,407 were positive (8.33% of total).