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New cases of the more transmissible, potentially more fatal Delta COVID-19 variant have been confirmed in the Hudson Valley.
Four cases were recorded during the second week of July in Rockland County, officials announced after being alerted by the New York State Department of Health on Tuesday, July 27.
The cases of the Delta variant were confirmed by the state through PCR testing.
“We suspected it was here, Rockland County spokesman John Lyon said, but now it’s documented. We continue to urge people to get vaccinated if they have not done so already.
According to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, more than 70 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the state have been linked to the Delta variant.
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For the first time since Jan. 15, and just the second since Jan. 8, the Chautauqua County Department of Health on Friday reported no new deaths associated with COVID-19.
The number of virus-related fatalities remained at 103, based on information collected by the county through Thursday.
However, that doesn’t mean none were recorded. The New York State Department of Health on Friday, which also releases new data from sources collected the previous day, stated that three residents of nursing homes in the county had died with COVID.
To date, and according to the state’s count, 40 residents of nursing facilities with the virus have passed away six from of Absolut Care of Westfield; 21 at Chautauqua Nursing and Rehab in Dunkirk; nine at Heritage Green in Greenhurst; and four at Heritage Village in Gerry.
The Hudson Valley saw nearly 1,700 newly reported COVID-19 cases, according to data released by the New York State Department of Health on Sunday, Jan. 24.The positive infection rate in the Hudson Valley the last three days is as follows.