COVID test sites

The COVID-19 virus is still claiming lives in Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego Counties, despite the decline in active cases. Here's your update.

Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego County are forgoing contact tracing and instead concentrating on helping people get vaccinated and tested for COVID as needed. Otsego DOH has also stopped reporting active case numbers since they feel that they can no longer accurately report.

Do you feel like you're in the "Groundhog Day" movie, and just like the main character, waking up on any given day this week, experiencing this same time last year all over again when it comes to COVID-19?

As we head for a new year to begin, health officials on a national, state, and local level are all holding their breaths, wondering what impact holiday gatherings will have on COVID-19 case numbers and if hospitals will see a dangerous influx of new cases.

An initiative by Governor Hochul's office to increase the availability of COVID tests has resulted in the opening of a new COVID-19 testing site in Milford, NY starting this Wednesday.