Dutchess County reports one new COVID-19 death as its active cases dip slightly – The Daily Freeman

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. Dutchess County reported one additional COVID-19 death Sunday, bringing the countys fatalities related to the pandemic to 654, according to the countys COVID-19 dashboard.

Dutchess County reported a slight dip in active cases to 116 as of Friday, March 18, down from 121 the day before.

Dutchess County has registered a total of 63,558 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the pandemics start in March 2020.

Ulster County did not update its COVID-19 statistics Sunday. As of Friday, March 18 active cases stood at 135, up from 120 cases reported on Thursday, March 17, according to the countys COVID-19 dashboard.

It was the fourth consecutive day that the countys cases rose.

The county reported no new deaths on Saturday, leaving its total at 372 since the pandemic began.The county said Saturday it has recorded 37,301 confirmed cases and 36,794 recoveries since March 2020.

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

Data as of March 19, from the state Department of Health.

Ellenville Regional Hospital, 3.

HealthAlliance Hospitals in Kingston, 4.

Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, 1.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, 4.

Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie, 0.

Data from New York states online vaccine tracker.

Ulster County: 74.2% fully vaccinated, 81.2% with at least one dose of a two-dose regimen.

Dutchess County: 69.1% fully vaccinated, 76.7% with at least one dose of a two-dose regimen.

Appointments: vaccinateulster.com, bit.ly/dut-vax, bit.ly/ny-vaxme.

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