Broome County reports 175 new cases of the coronavirus on January 20 for a total of 11,032 and the deaths of two men and two women in their 80s and 90s, bringing Broome’s death toll to 216. There are 144 Broome County residents hospitalized with COVID-19.
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It has taken Broome County less than a month to add 1,000 COVID-19 cases to its total, quickly passing the 6,000, 7,000, 8,000 and 9,000 landmarks. The County reported it had passed 10,000 cases on January 13 with 10,063. A month earlier, on December 13, Broome had reported a total of 6,274 cases. In just over the course of a week, Broome County has added 969 to its total.
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Jason Garnar says in addition to the county-run Willow Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center that has been on the list for several weeks, United Methodist Homes’ Hilltop Campus and Good Shepherd Fairview Homes have been added as COVID-19 hotspots in the county.
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Aside from the virus spreading in congregate care facilities, local health officials are pointing to continued growth of infection in the community in general.
Garnar pointed to the numbers seen following Halloween and Thanksgiving when cases increased as people gathered for celebrations for proof of wide community spread. He says, unlike earlier reports where there were specific age groups showing marked increased in cases like young people in their 20s in the fall then the demographic ticked up to people in their 30s, 40s and 50, now there are no specific groups where infections are greater than others.
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