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11 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Olean Times Herald staff 
Mar 14, 2021
Cattaraugus County reported 11 new COVID-19 cases Saturday as the county's seven-day average for positivity in testing for the virus remained under 2%...
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Active Allegany County COVID cases in single digits
Allegany County News, Coronavirus, News
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Mar 06, 2021
BELMONT — Allegany County has seen the number of active COVID-19 cases drop into the single digits following the spike this winter. Allegany County re...
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15 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County on Saturday
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Olean Times Herald staff 
Feb 28, 2021
Cattaraugus County reported 15 new COVID-19 cases Saturday as the county's seven-day average for positivity in testing for the virus held steady at 3%...
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Develop virus warning system
Feb 22, 2021
The United States finally seems to be gaining ground on the COVID-19 pandemic, which got a running start because of slow initial response and a long l...
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Vaccination effort better than it seems
Local Columnists, Nation World
Feb 20, 2021
Vaccine shortages and precious doses wasted. Unnavigable systems for making appointments. A racial and economic divide in distribution. Scary virus mu...
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The COVID vaccines: Fact v. Fiction
Health
JoAnne Clobus 
Feb 17, 2021
In mid-January, authorities estimated more than 2 million people worldwide had died from COVID-19, including more than 400,000 in the United States. A...
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Allegany County’s COVID testing rates trending down
Allegany County News, Coronavirus, News
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Jan 23, 2021
BELMONT — Another 21 COVID-19 cases were reported in Allegany County on Friday, but the state reported that the percent of tests coming back positive ...
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17 COVID cases reported in Allegany County
Allegany County News, Coronavirus, News, ...
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Jan 21, 2021
BELMONT — Active cases continued to trend down on Wednesday, while 17 new cases were added to the tally. The new cases brought the total to date to 2,...
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Only 8 new COVID cases reported in Allegany County
Allegany County News, Local News, News, ...
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Jan 20, 2021
After several days of double-digit new cases of COVID-19 in residents, Allegany County reported only eight new cases Tuesday as the trend for infectio...
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Allegany County reports 20 new COVID cases
Allegany County News, Coronavirus, News
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Jan 15, 2021
BELMONT — Lower COVID-19 case counts have been reported in Allegany County, even with 20 new cases on Wednesday. Allegany County Department of Health ...
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47 new COVID cases in Allegany County, deaths remain at 53
Allegany County News, Local News, News, ...
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Jan 09, 2021
Allegany County health officials reported 47 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, while its most recently listed one-day positive testing rate was nearly 14%...
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Highest day of COVID deaths in NY since early May
Local News, News, NY State News, ...
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Jan 07, 2021
Another 197 people in New York died due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, the highest total in one day since early May. The last time more people died in a si...
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Trump’s Christmas present for you
Local Columnists, Nation World
JAMES AMBROSE, Tribune News Service 
Dec 26, 2020
It’s Christmas season and President Donald Trump is Santa Claus trying to slide down chimneys, often finding them a tight fit, but working with others...
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Get the facts about COVID and kids
Health
Community Health Magazine 
Dec 22, 2020
As 2020 unfolded, the world learned just how quickly the novel coronavirus COVID-19 could spread. The World Health Organization noted that, by Septemb...
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Cuomo: Shut down travel from UK over new COVID strain
News, NY State News, Western New York
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Dec 20, 2020
Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the federal government to ban travel from the United Kingdom due to a new strain of coronavirus that appears 70% more tran...
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