Ulster County reports two more COVID-19 deaths, drop in active cases – The Daily Freeman

KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster County reported Wednesday, Feb. 2, the death of two more people from the COVID-19 illness, according to the governments coronavirus dashboard.

The deaths now bring the total to 361 in Ulster County since the pandemic began in March 2020.

Meanwhile, the county also reported another significant single-day decline of COVID active cases. It reported 1,608 cases, down 292 from the 1,900 reported the previous day.

The county said that it has had 35,545 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 33,576 recoveries.

Dutchess County did not update its dashboard on Wednesday but reported Tuesday that it had one new COVID-19 related death, bringing the total to 606 since the pandemic began.

The county also reported a decrease in active cases to 1,017, down from the 1,242 reported the previous day. Thats a drop of 225 cases and comes after the number of active cases has been steadily declining since its Jan. 8 peak of 8,510 active cases.

Dutchess said it has had 61,646 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemics start in March 2020.

Here are the latest local COVID-19 statistics.

Data as of Tuesday, Feb. 1, state Department of Health.

Ellenville Regional Hospital, 2

HealthAlliance Hospitals in Kingston, 29.

Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, 19

Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, 42

Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie, 44

Data as of Wednesday, Feb. 2, from the states online vaccine tracker.

Ulster County: 72.9% fully vaccinated, 80.4% with at least one dose of a two-dose regimen, 88.6% of 18+ population with at least one dose.

Dutchess County: 67.6% fully vaccinated, 75.8% with at least one dose of a two-dose regimen, 84.4% of 18+ population with at least one dose.

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

In Saugerties, a vaccination site will be set up from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m at Mount Marion Elementary School, 744 Glasco Turnpike, on Monday, Feb. 7; and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Saugerties Senior High School, 310 Washington Ave. on Monday, Feb. 28.

Ulster County will hold a free drive-through at-home test kit distribution event at Ellenville High School, 28 Maple Ave., Ellenville, on Thursday, Feb. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will have 2,000 at-home test kits available to Ulster County residents, with one kit per car.

Here are the latest reports of COVID cases in area school districts.

Kingston: One student each at Ernest C. Myer Elementary School, Crosby Elementary School, and John F. Kennedy School; one teacher at Harry L. Edson Elementary School; three students, one teacher at J. Watson Bailey Middle School; three students each at the high school and M. Clifford Miller Middle School.

Highland: Four students at the elementary school.

New Paltz: One student at the high school.

Onteora: Three high school students, one middle school teacher, and one student at Reginald Bennett Elementary School.

Rondout Valley: One student at Kerhonkson Elementary School; two students at Marbletown Elementary School; and seven students at the Rondout Valley Intermediate School.

One student at Saugerties High School; one student and one staff at Grant D. Morse Elementary School; one student at Mount Marion Elementary School; and one staff at Riccardi Elementary School.

Wallkill: Two students at Leptondale Elementary School; six students at Ostrander Elementary School; and one student at Plattekill Elementary School.

Red Hook: One student at Mill Road Intermediate School; and four students at Red Hook High School.

Kingston Catholic: One student.

High Meadow: Three students.

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