Active COVID-19 cases dive to double digits in Ulster County – The Daily Freeman

KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster Countys active COVID-19 cases have dropped to double digits, according to the governments online coronavirus dashboard.

The county reported Tuesday that on Monday, March 7, there were just 77 active cases, 55 fewer than the 132 reported a day earlier. The last time the active case number was in the double digits was in July of 2021.

But Ulster County reported one new death on Tuesday, bringing the total to 372 since the pandemic began in March 2020.

The county said that it has had 37,052 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 36,603 recoveries.

Tuesday, March 8, marked the two-year anniversary of the first COVID-10 case reported in Ulster County.

Dutchess County on Tuesday reported no additional COVID-19 deaths as of Sunday, March 6, leaving the countys pandemic-related death toll to 650, according to the governments COVID-19 dashboard.

The county reported that active cases shrank slightly, to 131 as of Sunday. Thats down 10 cases from the 141 reported Saturday.

Dutchess County has recorded a pandemic total of 63,329 cases of COVID-19 since March 2020.

The dashboard numbers do not include home test results not reported to health departments.

Data as of Monday, March 7, from thestate Department of Health..

Ellenville Regional Hospital, 0.

HealthAlliance Hospitals in Kingston, 7.

Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, 1.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, 5.

Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie, 3.

Data as of Monday, March 7, from New Yorkstates online vaccine tracker.

Ulster County: 74% fully vaccinated, 81% with at least one dose of a two-dose regimen, 89.1% of 18+ population with at least one dose.

Dutchess County: 68.8% fully vaccinated, 76.6% with at least one dose of a two-dose regimen, 85.1% of 18+ population with at least one dose.

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Here are the latest reports ofCOVID cases in area school districts.

Kingston: One student at the high school.

Highland: One student at the elementary school and one student, one teacher at the middle school.

Onteora: One student at Phoenicia Elementary School.

Rondout Valley: One staff at Kerhonkson Elementary School and one student at Rondout Valley Intermediate School.

Saugerties: One student each at Cahill Elementary School, the junior high school and the high school.

Marlboro: One staff at the elementary school.

Red Hook: One student each at the Mill Road Intermediate School and the Mill Road Primary School.

BOCES: One teacher at the Career and Technical Education Center and one student, one teacher, one staff at the Center for Innovative Teaching and learning.

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