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Warren County COVID-19 cases jump 70% in a day By Thom Randall STAFF WRITER
WARREN COUNTY | On March 29, while New York’s coronavirus deaths surged by 33 percent in a single day to 965, Warren County’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped from 10 to 17, but no deaths of county residents had occurred as of midafternoon Sunday. The number of people hospitalized in Warren County, however, remained at three, as some who were recovering were discharged and quarantined at home, county
have the capacity to treat all those likely to be infected if such isolation isn’t undertaken. Moore specifically called for partyear residents and visitors to contact Warren County Public Health services at (518) 761-6580 to discuss local protocols and available assistance. Those seeking daily news about coronavirus’ status in Warren County can go to www.warrencountyny.gov/covid and click on the “news” tab. People can subscribe to daily coronavirus updates from county officials via email by clicking on a link on that webpage.
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NORTHERN NEW YORK | To help accommodate the increasing need for coronavirus screenings and testing, Hudson Headwaters Health Network (HHHN) has set up two large tents—one at the West Mountain 2 Health Center in Queensbury, and the other in Champlain—with other HHHN sites utilizing smaller tents. In the last week and a half, HHHN providers have ordered or performed roughly 500 COVID-19 tests, some returning with positive results. Unfortunately, due to the statewide shortage of testing supplies, tests have now been restricted to symptomatic network health care providers. Working closely with HHHN, the University of Vermont, Elizabethtow n Communit y Hospital’s
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Ticonderoga and Elizabethtown campuses will help out by performing COVID-19 tests for Hudson Headwaters patients who are ill enough to require hospitalization. ■
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The Johnsburg town board issued a notice on this topic, urging people from downstate — if they do come to the area — to bring with them all the food and supplies they need for a two-week quarantine at home, then when the sequestering is over, to adhere to social distancing mandates as well as always shopping solo. Johnsburg has declared that any visitors should not visit Adirondack-area convenience or grocery stores until after they’ve self-quarantined for two weeks, and then only if they are symptom-free. They advise the people who’ have already arrived here to call a local resident to shop for them or call the Johnsburg Town Hall and a volunteer will provide help. News reports have cited that rural getaway destinations across the nation have been swamped with a surge of people assuming they can avoid catching the virus by fleeing to the bucolic pastoral environs, but they end up bringing with them COVID-19, infecting many others, creating a strain on the rural health facilities. The Warren County Public Health Department can be reached at 518-761-6580, and the Essex County Health Department’s phone number is 518-873-3500. ■
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WARREN COUNTY | Officials of both Warren and Essex counties are urging downstaters and others seeking to leave metropolitan and suburban areas to stay at home as Governor Cuomo has advised. In short, do not come to the Adirondack region during the coronavirus pandemic. People coming from New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Rockland counties as well as New Jersey should heed the warning, area health officials have advised. The reasoning for the warning is that the few local hospitals that exist in the region have extremely limited staff, equipment and facilities to take care of people that are likely to be unknowingly infected with the serious illness. The hospitals of clinics in the Adirondacks have few intensive care beds, if any, they’ve
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Administrator Ryan Moore said. Of these confirmed cases, county Public Health Services documented three full recoveries as of March 29, while the remainder were receiving medical attention, Moore said. “We are confident in the quality of care they are receiving,” Moore said, noting that public health workers are working around the clock conducting interviews, and identifying exposures. These actions continue to prompt health workers to initiate quarantines, track and check in with quarantined patients, and confirm test results, he said. “We, and the individuals in our community who are living with the realities of coronavirus as we speak, are lucky to have these dedicated professionals,” Moore said in a prepared statement. Moore also asked Warren County residents to “remain vigilant” about staying home, wash hands often, and use hand sanitizer before and after visiting stores or other public places. He also asked that people support local restaurants that offer takeout or delivery — in order to help them survive the financial hardships stemming from their mandated closure. Moore also reiterated the county’s request for seasonal homeowners and area visitors — especially those who have come from downstate metropolitan areas and New Jersey — to self-isolate at home for at least 14 days in order to prevent a burden on area hospitals that would not
During a weekly physical education class held at Gore Mountain, Johnsburg Central School second graders listen to downhill skiing tips from a Gore ski instructor. The sixweek program included not only lessons, but professional preparation of skis and outfitting of all the children with ski clothing and equipment.
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