40 Cases So Far This Weekend COVID Strikes American Legion COOPERSTOWN – Just two weeks after Governor Cuomo praised Cooperstown for having the lowest rate of COVID-19 in the state, Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health director, has warned of potential exposure at the village’s American Legion. According to Bond, anyone who was at the Legion between Nov. 25-30 needs to monitor for any symptoms of COVID-19 after at least one case was traced back to the bar.…
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16 New Cases, Some From Thanksgiving Exposure COVID Hospitalizations Up To 11, Bond Reports COOPERSTOWN – 11 people are now hospitalized with COVID, the first time county hospitalizations have broken double-digits since the start of the pandemic, Otsego County Public Health Director Heidi Bond reported this evening. “Most of them have been sick for a couple of weeks,” she said. “But they’re remaining sicker for longer periods of time.”…
22 Cases Arise Over The Weekend 10 Quarantined After COVID Exposure On Thanksgiving COOPERSTOWN – 10 Otsego County residents had to go into quarantine after guests at their Thanksgiving dinners tested positive for COVID-19, according to Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health director. “Someone at those parties became sick either on Thanksgiving or a few days after,” she said.…
27 COVID Cases Reported Over Thanksgiving Holiday COOPERSTOWN – With 11 cases reported on Thanksgiving and 16 reported today, COVID-19 numbers continue to climb in the county, according to Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health director. The county has seen cases triple in the last week, including more than 40 cases stemming from the an outbreak at the Copper Fox tavern. The Red Jug Pub and the Beer Barrel Inn have also seen cases, and customers at both bars were…
COVID-19 Vaccine Due; Drugstores Prepare By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When the COVID-19 vaccine is available, Otsego County will be ready. “Before the pharmacies could give the flu shot, we used to do a lot of the vaccinations,” said Heidi Bond, county public health director. “We are well aware of what needs to be done when we go into communities that may not have a lot of options for vaccinations.” With the announcement that Pfizer, whose…
COVID-19 Cases Triple In County By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Last Tuesday, Nov. 17, there were 37 new cases of COVID-19 reported. In the seven days since, that number tripled to 126 by Nov. 24, with hospitalizations up two, from four to six, since last week, according to Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health Director. That makes the highest number of community cases – that’s not counting the 700-plus SUNY Oneonta outbreak – since the pandemic…
COUNTY HITS NEW RECORD: 30 INFECTIONS Daily Tally Sets New Mark; 5 Patients Now Hospitalized By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Thirty people tested positive for COVID-19 today, setting a new record for the number of cases reported in one day, according to Heidi Bond, county public health director. Additionally, a fifth person has been hospitalized with the virus, bringing the county’s total to five, up one from last week. The spike comes less than a week…
28 COVID-19 Cases Surface On Weekend COOPERSTOWN – COVID-19 numbers continue to climb in the county, with 28 cases reported over the weekend, according to Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health Director. 11 cases were reported Saturday, Nov. 21 and 17 were reported today, Bond noted in her daily press release. According to the NY Forward Dashboard, Otsego County currently has a 1.1 percent average positivity rate, with 600 people tested yesterday.…
22 Cases Tied To Copper Fox, First Responders Sick Too 4 Hospitalized As COVID Rampages Through County COOPERSTOWN – Four people have been hospitalized as COVID-19 numbers rise throughout the county, bringing the total number of infections to 90. One of those hospitalized, Bond said, is a resident of a group home, where outbreaks began two weeks ago, although the others are not related to any particular cluster. In the last two days, 29 cases have been reported, with 20…
Otsego COVID Cases Double, 5 Delaware Ones Sent Here CCS Outbreak Hits Herzigs By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In the past week, Otsego County doubled its November COVID-19, leaving Oneonta’s mayor and his wife among the newly quarantined. With 37 new cases of the virus identified from Tuesday the 10th to Tuesday the 17th, the number of cases for the month rose from 46 to 83 in just seven days. Two from Otsego County were hospitalized,…
