This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties co-produced with The River Newsroom. The following is for Tuesday, June 2. NEW YORK STATE 371,711 cases confirmed (941 new)2,113,777 tests performed (49,952 new)23,959 deaths (54 new)89,703 hospitalizations (overall)3,331 hospitalizations (current)999 ICU admissionsNew York State coronavirus…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties co-produced with The River Newsroom. The following is for Friday, May 29. NEW YORK STATE 366,733 cases confirmed (1,768 new)1,876,789 tests performed (65,245 new)23,722 deaths (79 new)78,043 hospitalizations (overall )4,010 hospitalizations (current)1,219 ICU admissionsNew York State…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties co-produced with The River Newsroom. The following is for Thursday, May 28. NEW YORK STATE 364,965 cases confirmed (1,129 new)1,811,544 tests performed (37,416 new)23,643 deaths (79 new)77,838 hospitalizations (overall)4,208 hospitalizations (current)1,261 ICU admissionsNew York State coronavirus…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties co-produced with The River Newsroom. The following is for Monday, May 25 – Memorial Day. NEW YORK STATE 361,515 cases confirmed (1,589 new)1,699,826 tests performed (47,765 new)23,391 deaths (109 new)77,295 hospitalizations (overall)4,393 hospitalizations (current)1,406 ICU admissionsNew…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties co-produced with The River Newsroom. The following is for Friday, May 22. LOCAL DIVE School districts across the nation are coping with the unprecedented challenge of teaching remotely. All over New York State this week, public…
In Brief- SUNY New Paltz is operating under the assumption it will hold in-person classes this fall semester, but the final decision will most likely be made by SUNY central administration. The university is finalizing draft plans on what in-person classes might look like this fall and putting together new behavioral guidelines for students regarding…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties co-produced with The River Newsroom. The following is for Thursday, May 21. NEW YORK STATE 354,370 cases confirmed (1,525 new)1,505,836 tests performed (38,097 new)22,976 deaths (133 new)76,410 hospitalizations (overall)5,570 hospitalizations (current)1,836 ICU admissionsNew York State coronavirus…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties co-produced with The River Newsroom. The following is for Wednesday, May 20. NEW YORK STATE 352,845 cases confirmed (1,474 new)1,467,739 tests performed (28,182 new)22,843 deaths (114 new)76,168 hospitalizations (overall)5,818 hospitalizations (current)1,836 ICU admissionsNew York State coronavirus…
Every summer, hundreds of thousands of people flood the Catskill Mountains to attend summer camps. The camps differ so much from each other it’s hard to put them in the same category—there are Orthodox Jewish children’s camps, YMCA camps, family-oriented RV parks, glamping sites, municipal day camps, and even a camp for Latvian Evangelicals. The…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties co-produced with The River Newsroom. The following is for Monday, May 18. NEW YORK STATE 350,121 cases confirmed (1,889 new)1,413,396 tests performed (34,679 new)22,619 deaths (141 new)75,525 hospitalizations (overall)5,897 hospitalizations (current)1,981 ICU admissionsNew York State coronavirus…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties co-produced with The River Newsroom. The following is for Friday, May 15. Note: We are now grouping local updates by region and tracking active cases in every county that provides numbers. A couple of times per…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties co-produced with The River Newsroom. The following is for Thursday, May 14. NEW YORK STATE340,661 cases confirmed (2,176 new)1,258,907 tests performed (33,794 new)22,013 deaths (168 new)73,963 hospitalizations (overall)6,946 hospitalizations (current)2,308 ICU admissions Confirmed cases per 10,000…
I was driving distracted. I was primarily distracted by the cataclysmic pandemic bearing down on the Hudson Valley, and how to continue mainlining information on its progress while driving. WAMC’s broadcast was forked with static, so I started fiddling with the dial, glancing down to see the readout. When I glanced back up, there was…
