By: Reporter
02/01/2022 3:38 pm
The latest information from the Otsego County Health Department shows:
46 new cases
4 hospitalized
1 new deaths reported
11.9 seven-day average percentage positive
Otsego County and all of New York State remains under an indoor-mask mandate from Governor Kathy Hochul, with exceptions under certain conditions when proof of vaccination is required for entry to an indoor public facility. Read more about New York State’s mask requirement at this link.
By: Reporter
01/05/2022 9:00 am
The latest information from the Otsego County Health Department shows:
482 active cases
137 new cases
7 hospitalized
0 new deaths reported
12.8 percent seven-day average percentage positive
Otsego County and all of New York State remains under an indoor-mask mandate from Governor Kathy Hochul, with exceptions under certain conditions when proof of vaccination is required for entry to an indoor public facility. Read more about New York State’s mask requirement at this link.
By: Reporter
12/20/2021 4:54 pm
The New York State Department of Health on Monday (December 20) added Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown to its list of health care facilities with “minimal capacity,” forcing a temporary halt to elective surgeries and procedures for at least two weeks beginning later this week.
Under a November Executive Order from Governor Kathy Hochul, the state bars facilities with a staffed bed capacity of 10 percent or less from performing certain elective procedures and surgeries. Certain electives remain allowed, including those relating to cancer and diagnostic reviews, neurosurgery, intractable pain, trauma, cardiac with symptoms, and others.
By: Reporter
12/13/2021 4:20 pm
There are 37 new COVID cases in Otsego County, according to the Otsego County Department of Health, including a total of 340 active cases with 10 hospitalizations. No new deaths have been reported.
There is a 9.1% positivity rate in the county.
Governor Kathy Hochul announced over the weekend that masks will be required in all public places starting today until January 15, 2022.
By: Reporter
12/09/2021 10:07 am
New Yorkers learned late December 6 exactly which hospitals around the state would be subject to Governor Kathy Hochul’s Executive Order limiting certain elective surgeries and procedures beginning roughly 36 hours later, on December 9.
The order initially exploded out of Albany seemingly moments after South Africa’s first report of Covid-19’s Omicron variant. We recognize and appreciate Governor Hochul’s proactive effort, but there’s a big disconnect at play reminiscent of just about every Covid-19-related Executive Order her predecessor issued during the earliest and deepest days of the pandemic.
By: Reporter
12/08/2021 5:13 pm
There are 52 new cases of COVID in the county, according to the Otsego County Department of Health, with 386 active cases and 12 hospitalizations. No new deaths have been reported.
Otsego County is currently in an area of high community transmission. The Center for Disease Control and the DOH recommend wearing a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status.
By: Reporter
12/07/2021 1:54 pm
Update: 71 new cases were reported today, according to the Otsego County Department of Health. There are 359 active cases with 10 hospitalizations. No new deaths have been reported.
Otsego County Public Health Director Heidi Bond said Tuesday afternoon that the county is “currently experiencing the highest surge in COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started almost two years ago.”
“It is critical that everyone continue to curb the spread of COVID-19,” she said. “We know that social distancing, wearing masks, and getting vaccinated works. Please continue to take the proper precautions to protect yourselves and those most at risk and get vaccinated.”
By: Reporter
12/06/2021 3:54 pm
There are 32 new COVID cases reported today, according to the Otsego County Department of Health.
In total, there are 333 active cases in Otsego County with 10 hospitalizations and no new deaths reported.
By: Reporter
12/01/2021 3:36 pm
COVID cases are steadily increasing in Otsego County with 77 new cases reported today, 8 hospitalizations, and 2 new deaths, according to the Otsego County Department of Health.
There are 267 active cases in the county currently.
Otsego County is considered an area of high community transmission. The CDC and DOH recommend wearing masks while indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
Update: According to an Otsego County DOH press release, 22 of the 77 new cases were from November 18 to November 28, originated in nursing homes, and were not previously reported to the DOH.
By: Reporter
11/18/2021 12:46 pm
Children got COVID-19 vaccine shots during Otsego County’s first vaccination clinic for kids ages five to twelve, in the Oneonta High School gym on November 11, 2021. Nearly 300 children received a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during the day, according to County Director of Public Health Heidi Bond. Overall, Otsego County COVID cases have begun to rise again. The county has had 4,206 confirmed cases of COVID in 2021 — one out of every 14 residents — and more than twice as many as in 2020.
By: Reporter
10/01/2021 3:17 pm
STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
The Otsego County Department of Health is offering a clinic for the COVID booster shot on Friday, Oct. 8 between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the Meadows Office Complex in Middlefield.
Pre-registration is required. Go to www.otsegocounty.com/departments/d-m/health_department/covid-19_vaccination_clinics.php to register or see if eligible.
By: Reporter
09/23/2021 12:01 pm
STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
A bet has tested positive for rabies in Oneonta on Wednesday, Sept 22, according to the Otsego County Department of Health.
Rabies is fatal once symptoms appear but is treatable post exposure.
By: Reporter
09/01/2021 10:24 am
Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
As of Tuesday, Aug. 31, active COVID cases in Otsego County have reached 121 with five hospitalizations, according to the Otsego County Department of Health.
The county’s DOH reported 22 new cases Tuesday, which brought Otsego County over 100.
The DOH continued to encourage people who have not gotten the vaccine yet to do so as it reduces risk of hospitalization and death.
By: Staff
08/12/2021 1:00 pm
August 12, 2021
From: The Albany Times Union Editorial Board
One could almost detect a faint “nyah-nyah” between the lines of last Thursday’s announcement that, now that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has lost his sweeping pandemic emergency powers, school districts are on their own when it comes to reopening in September. So there.
Health Commissioner Howard Zucker didn’t put it quite that way, of course. Instead, he couched his abdication of duty in more bureaucratic terms, issuing a statement that “with the end of the state disaster emergency on June 25, 2021, school districts are reestablished as the controlling entity for schools.” Opening plans are up to them. For further questions, consult the Centers for Disease Control and local health department.
By: Reporter
05/14/2021 10:15 am
STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
A school based COVID-19 vaccination program for students is being established by the Oneonta city School District in partnership with the Otsego County Department of Health.
Students ages 12 and older will be able to receive the Pfizer vaccination at no cost.
According to a survey organized by the Oneonta school district, at least 200 parents had expressed an interest in participating with the vaccination clinic.
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