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OLEAN — Cattaraugus County residents received 1,115 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in the first four days of the state-sponsored mass...

OLEAN — After reporting 38 new COVID-19 cases and one death over the weekend, the Cattaraugus County Health Department had 24 new cases on Monday. The...

OLEAN — There were 24 new COVID-19 test results that came back positive on Thanksgiving, the Cattaraugus County Health Department announced. Twenty-fo...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported Tuesday the deaths of two residents due to COVID-19-related complications, giving the county 21 tota...

A 15th Cattaraugus County resident has died from COVID-19, while 17 new cases were reported Tuesday. Dr. Kevin D. Watkins, the county’s public health ...

ALLEGANY — Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul visited a rapid COVID-19 testing station in Allegany Tuesday during a tour of Southern Tier counties where the corona...

OLEAN — Five new cases of COVID-19 — including a man who reports traveling to the Sturgis, South Dakota, motorcycle rally — were reported Friday in Ca...

Cattaraugus County’s public health director said Wednesday he thinks local school reopening plans will work. Speaking to members of the Cattaraugus Co...

OLEAN — An Allegany police officer has tested positive for COVID-19. Allegany Police Chief Chris Baker confirmed Tuesday that the officer had tested p...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County received word Tuesday of a positive COVID-19 test of a man from the southeast part of the county — three weeks after the te...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County has registered its 135 confirmed case of COVID-19, with eight still active. The county Health Department’s active positive ...

OLEAN — Two more Cattaraugus County residents have received test results positive for COVID-19, the county Health Department announced Friday. There h...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Board of Health heard approved an appeal from the owner of the Lake View Restaurant Wednesday on the board’s call for a...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Health Department is suddenly finding it increasingly difficult to get COVID-19 test results back in a timely manner. C...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County’s COVID-19 positive residents ticked up by one again on Tuesday to 131. The latest individual with a positive COVID-19 test...

Gov. Cuomo is expected to announce by the end of the week whether public schools will be able to have in-person instruction this fall. Cattaraugus Cou...

OLEAN — There have been no new positive COVID-19 results reported since Friday when the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported two new cases — ...

OLEAN — A positive COVID-19 test Wednesday for a man from the northwest corner of Cattaraugus County pushed the county’s coronavirus count up to 112. ...