Health & Wellness
By MARNIQUE OLIVIERI-PANEPENTO
December 3, 2021
On Friday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 67 new COVID-19 cases and a seven-day positivity rate of 12.1%. The number of positive cases recorded in the county since March 2020 has reached 10,514, and 239 residents have tested positive in the first three days of December. The ...
Cattaraugus County Public Health Director Dr. Kevin Watkins advises residents to take preventative measures to combat the increasing spread of COVID-19. Watkins, in a Nov. 30 conversation with staff members of TAPinto Greater Olean, also expressed concerns about omicron, the latest strain of ...
On Thursday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 72 new COVID-19 cases and a seven-day positivity rate of 12.2%. The number of positive cases recorded in the county since March 2020 has reached 10,447. The total number of deaths from complications related to COVID-19 since March 2020 ...
OLEAN, NY — New York State Nurses Association members at Olean General Hospital ratified a new two-year contract Monday. The agreement will extend an existing contract that expires on Jan. 21, 2022. According to a post on the association’s Olean Facebook page, the contract provides for a 1% ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 95 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, ending November with 1,978 cases, the highest monthly total since the start of the pandemic. The next highest monthly total had been 1,427 in December 2020. Tuesday, the county's seven-day positivity rate remained ...
On Wednesday, the first day of December, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 100 new COVID-19 cases, eight deaths from complications caused by the disease and a seven-day positivity rate of 13%. The number of positive cases recorded in the county since March 2020 has reached ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 87 COVID-19 cases and one death from complications of the disease on Monday. The county's seven-day positivity rate is 11.6%. The county has reported 1,883 cases in November, the highest monthly total since the pandemic began. During November, 38 ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 35 COVID-19 cases and a seven-day positivity rate of 12.5% on Sunday. The county has reported 1,796 cases in November, the highest monthly total since the pandemic began. During November, 37 residents died from COVID-19 complications, also the ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 18 COVID-19 cases and two deaths from complications of the disease on Saturday. The county's seven-day positivity rate is 11.9%. The COVID-19 deaths, the 174th and 175th recorded in the county, were men, ages 71 and 65. Both died from respiratory ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported a total of 103 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and Friday, pushing the number of residents who have tested positive since March 2020 past the 10,000 mark. November has been the county's worst month for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. By ...
New York State is taking steps to boost hospital capacity and address staffing shortages ahead of potential spikes in COVID-19 cases this winter. "We've taken extraordinary action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and combat this pandemic,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said. “However, we continue to ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 102 COVID-19 cases and two deaths from complications of the disease on Wednesday. The county's seven-day positivity rate is 12%. On Monday, November became the worst month for COVID-19 in Cattaraugus County since the start of the pandemic, when ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 100 COVID-19 cases and another death from complications of the disease on Tuesday. Monday, November became the worst month for COVID-19 in Cattaraugus County since the start of the pandemic when the total number of cases reached 1,438, 11 more ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY— Think about all the activities that you may have engaged in over the past 24 hours: from brushing your teeth before bedtime, to waking up the following morning, to making breakfast, to commuting to work, and whatever you may do throughout the day. These activities are ...
November is now the worst month for COVID-19 in Cattaraugus County since the start of the pandemic. With 61 cases reported Monday, the total number of residents who have tested positive for the virus in November is 1,438. The previous highest total was 1,427 in December. The county also reported ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 48 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing to 1,377 the number of residents who have tested positive for the virus in November. A total of 30 residents have died from COVID-19 complications this month. On Sunday, Cattaraugus County had a seven-day ...
November is on its way to becoming the worst month for COIVID-19 in Cattaraugus County since the start of the pandemic. On Saturday, the county reported 79 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the November total to 1,329, the second-highest monthly case count since the county began tracking ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 51 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths from respiratory failure resulting from the virus on Friday. The deaths of a 56-year-old man, a 61-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman were the 166th to 168th deaths of residents recorded since the county ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 87 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing to 1,199 the number of residents who have tested positive for the virus in November. A total of 26 residents have died from COVID-19 complications this month. On Thursday, Cattaraugus County had a ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 128 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. During the first 17 days of November, 1,112 residents have tested positive. By Nov. 16, 26 residents had died from COVID-19 complications. On Wednesday, Cattaraugus County’s seven-day positivity rate ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 92 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths from respiratory failure resulting from the virus on Tuesday. The deaths of a 75-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman were the 164th to 165th deaths of residents recorded since the county began tracking ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported four deaths from respiratory failure resulting from COVID-19 on Monday. Those of an 89-year-old woman, an 85-year-old male, an 80-year-old male and a 79-year-old male were the 160th to 163th deaths of residents recorded since the county began ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 34 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, bringing the total for the first 14 days of November to 830 cases. On Sunday, Cattaraugus County’s seven-day positivity rate increased to 12.1%; it had been 11.5% on Friday and Saturday. The number for vaccinated ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 51 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, bringing the total for the first 13 days of November to 796 cases. On Saturday, Cattaraugus County’s seven-day positivity rate was the same as Friday's had been; 11.5%. Thursday's rate had been 9.6% increase ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 89 news cases of COVID-19 Friday, bringing the totals for the first 12 days of November to 745 cases and 20 deaths. On Friday, Cattaraugus County’s seven-day positivity rate was 11.5%, a 1.9% increase from Thursday’s rate. The number for ...
A 74-year-old man became the 159th Cattaraugus County resident to die from complications caused by COVID-19. The county health department reported his death from respiratory failure on Thursday, and, in a separate COVID-19 update, announced that another 75 residents had tested positive for ...
A 35-year-old man and a 65-year-old female became the 157th and 158th Cattaraugus County residents to die from complications caused by COVID-19. The county health department reported their deaths from respiratory failure on Wednesday, and, in a separate COVID-19 update, announced that another 103 ...
A 57-year-old woman and an 81-year-old man became the 155th and 156th county residents to die from complications caused by COVID-19. The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported their deaths from respiratory failure on Tuesday and, in a separate COVID-19 update, announced that another 85 ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 55 news cases of COVID-19 Monday and one more death, bringing the totals for the first eight days of November to 393 cases and 15 deaths. In a separate press release issued Monday, the health department reported that on Monday, a 79-year-old ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 31 news cases of COVID-19 Sunday and one more death, bringing the totals for the first week of November to 338 cases and 14 deaths. The seven-day positivity rate on Sunday was 8.7%, a slight decrease from Saturday's rate of 8.8%. The number of ...