APPLETON - The coronavirus pandemic continues to reach new heights in Appleton, as the city for the third week in a row set another record of newly reported cases of the virus.
From Monday, Sept. 7 through Sunday, new COVID-19 cases stood at 159, surpassing the previous week's all-time-high of 123 cases and the record 95 cases reported the week before that, according to the city's dashboard tracking the virus.
As of Sunday, the city's total case count stood at 1,007, with 255 residents who are currently in isolation and another 744 who previously had COVID-19 have now been released. Eight Appleton residents have died due to complications of the virus.
Of the 36 new COVID-19 cases reported Sunday, 30 live in the Outagamie County portion of the city and six reside in Calumet County. Sixteen of the cases stem from close contact with another case, nine were acquired through community spread and 11 are still pending.
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Faculty from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will discuss the multidisciplinary impacts of COVID-19 on medicine at a webinar hosted by the Jacobs Institute (JI).
COVID Unmasked: The Real Impact on the Future of Medicine will be held from 4 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17. Registration is free.
It is part of The Future of Medicine series that the JI launched last year as a conversation about what is possible in the next quarter-century in medicine, including new technologies and treatments across all fields of medicine and health care.
Kenneth V. Snyder, assistant professor of neurosurgery, radiology and neurology in the Jacobs School, is among the speakers who will discuss what the future of medicine looks like as a result of COVID-19. His talk is titled The Virus Explained: What makes it so different and can we treat it?
He says the Future of Medicine series has been transformative for the JI and the community. In fact, it presciently predicted a major pandemic within a short time frame that would transform our world, says Snyder, who is also vice president of physician quality at Kaleida Health, where he oversees COVID-19 patient care management.
As much as the pandemic has shaken global society as a whole, Snyder notes it will have a long-lasting and dramatic impact on all facets of health care and medicine.
COVID has taught us all so much, he says.It has given us an incredible opportunity to learn about a disease process as a global community of providers and researchers, and it has opened our eyes to how technology can improve how we care for patients and learn from one another.
Snyder will be part of a program that also features:
The programs moderators are L. Nelson Nick Hopkins, SUNY Distinguished Professor, former chair of the Department of Neurosurgery in the Jacobs School and founder of the Jacobs Institute; Adnan Siddiqui, vice chair and professor of neurosurgery and chief medical officer at the JI; and Steven D. Schwaitzberg, professor and chair of the Department of Surgery in the Jacobs School. Bill Maggio, CEO of the JI, will make introductory remarks.
We are excited to share ideas from thought leaders across this country on what we have learned from COVID, and share insights into what positive disruptive technology can do for the health care community moving forward, Snyder said. It has highlighted the importance of public health measures and the need for us to think about the greater good of communities while caring for individual patients.
Another 42 coronavirus cases have been reported in Maine, health officials said Monday.
Mondays report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 4,903. Of those, 4,401 have been confirmed positive, while 502 were classified as probable cases, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The agency revised Sundays cumulative total to 4,861 down from 4,863, meaning there was an increase of 40 over the previous days report, state data show. As the Maine CDC continues to investigate previously reported cases, some are determined to have not been the coronavirus, or coronavirus cases not involving Mainers. Those are removed from the states cumulative total.
New cases were reported in Androscoggin (11), Aroostook (1), Cumberland (5), Hancock (1), Lincoln (1), Oxford (1), Somerset (11) and York (10) counties, state data show.
No new deaths were reported Monday, leaving the statewide death toll at 136. Nearly all deaths have been in Mainers over age 60.
The recent surge in coronavirus cases since an Aug. 7 wedding and reception in the Millinocket area has pushed the seven-day average above 30 for the first time since July 3. That surge has been largely concentrated in York County, where about 40 percent of new virus cases since mid-August have been reported. In the past few weeks, York County has seen six outbreaks, including four in Sanford.
The growth in infections in York County has led the University of Maine System to expand testing of students at campuses and facilities in and near the county. That increased testing, announced Monday, will happen among students and employees at the University of Southern Maine, with campuses in Portland and Gorham; the University of Maine School of Law in Portland; the University of Maine at Augustas center in Saco; and a University of Maine Cooperative Extension office in Springvale, a part of Sanford. Among other groups, the testing will cover all students who live in residence halls at USMs Gorham campus, York County residents who study and work at the law school, and randomly selected groups at the locations.
On Sunday, Saint Josephs College in Standish told students to study in place for at least the next two weeks as the school deals with an outbreak that has infected nine students. The colleges president, Jim Dlugos, said in a message to the campus community that the outbreak isnt widespread and that the infected students belonged to the same connected group.
A coronavirus case also was reported at a Catholic elementary school in Lewiston. Saint Dominic Academy, which serves prekindergarten through fifth-grade students, closed Monday and any students who came into contact with the child will quarantine, a spokesperson for the Roman Catholic Diocese said. No cases have been reported at Saint Dominics high school in Auburn.
So far, 431 Mainers have been hospitalized at some point with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. Of those, nine people are currently hospitalized, with five in critical care and three on ventilators.
Meanwhile, 11 more people have recovered from the coronavirus, bringing total recoveries to 4,237. That means there are 530 active confirmed and probable cases in the state, which is up from 501 on Sunday.
A majority of the cases 2,806 have been in Mainers under age 50, while more cases have been reported in women than men, according to the Maine CDC.
As of Monday, there have been 336,385 negative test results out of 343,270 overall. Just under 1.8 percent of all tests have come back positive, Maine CDC data show.
The coronavirus has hit hardest in Cumberland County, where 2,256 cases have been reported and where the bulk of virus deaths 70 have been concentrated. It is one of four counties the others are Androscoggin, Penobscot and York, with 652, 251 and 997 cases, respectively where community transmission has been confirmed, according to the Maine CDC.
There are two criteria for establishing community transmission: at least 10 confirmed cases and that at least 25 percent of those are not connected to either known cases or travel. That second condition has not yet been satisfied in other counties.
Other cases have been reported in Aroostook (41), Franklin (54), Hancock (53), Kennebec (200), Knox (33), Lincoln (39), Oxford (84), Piscataquis (8), Sagadahoc (62), Somerset (85), Waldo (73) and Washington (15) counties.
As of Monday morning, the coronavirus had sickened 6,521,887 people in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as caused 194,107 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.
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Like any other biological entity, SARS-CoV-2 has a family tree. It isnt a very old one the virus has only been recognised since December but it still has tales to tell.
Most of what we know about this coronavirus comes from genetic analysis. The first complete SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence was read from a patient who worked at a seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, and who was admitted to hospital on 26 December 2019 with symptoms of what turned out
The United States has suffered one of the worst Covid-19 epidemics in the world. But heres a bit of good news: Since late July, the number of new coronavirus cases has steadily declined across most of the country.
Thats not to say the US is beating the coronavirus. Reported cases are still higher than they were in the spring (partly, but likely not entirely, the result of more testing). More than 700 people are still dying from Covid-19 on average every day more daily new Covid-19 deaths than in any other developed country in the world. There are still large epidemics in some states, especially in parts of the Midwest and South.
Still, the decline in Americas Covid-19 cases is real and significant, translating to fewer illnesses and deaths in the next few weeks and, hopefully, months.
So what happened? How did the US turn it around?
The short of it: We cant say for certain (as with many things related to the coronavirus), but it seems as though the USs overall reaction to the July resurgence of Covid-19 in which much of the nation stepped up social distancing and masking has tamed the spread of the virus.
I think the decline is due to the combination of [government] measures taken, Jaime Slaughter-Acey, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, told me. The big outbreaks also led people to be more mindful about integrating social distancing and masks into their everyday norms.
Some of that is a result of state actions, as some state governments mandated masks and closed down risky indoor spaces such as bars. Some of it is due to public action; as the coronavirus surged back, many people had the good sense to reconsider whether they were going out too much and if they needed to be more rigorous about their mask-wearing.
The federal government, however, has not earned much credit. In my conversations with experts, some suggested the decline in Covid-19 is happening despite federal inaction. Between President Donald Trumps magical thinking his administration denied there was a second wave even as it began and Congresss inability to pass another stimulus bill, its been largely left to the public, along with local and state governments, to handle the return of the coronavirus.
Now the US faces the risk of yet another wave as fall and winter arrive. Schools are reopening. When the weather gets cold, more people head indoors, where theres more risk of transmission. Families and friends will gather for the holidays. A flu season is looming. All of these factors increase the risk of a surge in Covid-19.
Some experts also worry that Labor Day celebrations, with families and friends gathered across the country, could mean another wave is already on the way.
In other words: As promising as Americas recent decline in Covid-19 is, that doesnt mean its time to let up. If the past few months have taught the world anything, its that continued vigilance against this virus is necessary, at least until we get a vaccine or similar treatment to really vanquish the disease.
State and local leaders that have been proactive in their attempt to keep the spread of Covid at bay have been successful, Slaughter-Acey said. Others have had to learn by playing with fire, unfortunately. And still, there are leaders at both the state and national level who refuse to acknowledge the gravity of the pandemic and lead in a way that protects the health of the public.
After the initial wave of Covid-19 largely hit the Northeast (particularly the New York City area), Louisiana, and Michigan in March, the virus began to spread in the South and West in May and June really taking off in Arizona, Florida, and Texas before eventually hitting just about the rest of the country.
States reacted as hot spots did in the first round: instituting new measures pushing social distancing, masking, testing, and contact tracing. Thats seemingly led to a drop in Covid-19 cases nationwide, driven largely by lower case counts in California, Florida, and Texas.
One of state governments go-to moves was to shut down risky indoor spaces, particularly indoor dining and bars. Arizona, Florida, and Texas all pulled back their reopenings to close down bars, as did California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan. Some local and state governments also took stricter measures to close down risky places, including movie theaters.
Based on what we now know about the coronavirus, these indoor spaces are a major source of transmission. The virus seems to spread best in closed-off, poorly ventilated areas where people hang out close together for long periods of time (15 minutes or more). Especially in restaurants or bars, people may not be wearing masks you cant eat or drink with one on further increasing the risk of spread, as some research suggests.
On the flip side, this suggests outdoor spaces are relatively safe during this pandemic. The outdoors arent a panacea; its still a good idea to keep more than 6 feet from others and wear a mask. But theyre better. During the recent surge of Covid-19, that knowledge which we simply didnt have early in the pandemic has given many people an outlet to socialize and get out of their houses without putting themselves at as much risk. Thats made the current circumstances and renewal of some social distancing measures a bit more bearable and sustainable.
I think the message that being outdoors is less risky may also play a role in the Covid-19 decline, Tara Smith, an epidemiologist at Kent State University, told me. When people are gathering, Ive anecdotally seen a lot of social media posts noting theyre staying outside as much as possible rather than having indoor events.
At the same time, more states instituted mask mandates. According to the AARP, 34 states and Washington, DC, now require wearing a mask in some form or another. In states that havent instituted mask mandates, some local governments have done so.
Based on what we now know about Covid-19, this too will help: As a respiratory virus, the coronavirus seems to spread when people talk, shout, laugh, breathe, sigh, or do anything else that might spew virus-containing droplets out of their mouths and noses. Putting up a physical barrier, whether through a cloth mask, surgical mask, or respirator, to stop those droplets blocks at least some of the viruss spread.
On top of the government actions, the public continued or stepped up their own social distancing and masking efforts. In Gallups surveys, about 73 percent of polled Americans still reported always or very often practicing social distancing over the previous 24 hours as of August 30. And 92 percent of polled Americans said they wore a mask in the previous seven days when outside their homes, particularly in indoor settings.
Experts cautioned that its not really possible, as of now, to definitively say that all these efforts helped, given that researchers will need time to decisively prove whats going on. Its hard to do the kind of analyses needed to know for sure what all the factors are, Jen Kates, director of global health and HIV policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told me.
But theres good reason to believe they helped. A review of the research in The Lancet concluded that evidence shows that physical distancing of more than 1 [meter] is highly effective and that face masks are associated with protection, even in non-health-care settings. Other studies have supported both social distancing and masking measures.
Theres also a bit of common sense to this. As Kates told me, We saw the opposite earlier in the summer. When the public and states eased up on social distancing, especially indoors, and didnt take masking seriously enough, the US saw a surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths. Doing the opposite, unsurprisingly, has helped reduce new cases and deaths.
One thing experts have consistently lamented: the federal government.
From the beginning, Trump has not done a good job with the coronavirus outbreak. Hes downplayed the risk deliberately, as he admitted in recorded interviews with journalist Bob Woodward. He failed to scale up a testing and tracing system like the ones other developed countries, including Germany, New Zealand, and South Korea, used to control their outbreaks, instead punting the issue to the states. Hes given mixed messages on masking, recently mocking Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for wearing one. Hes encouraged states to reopen prematurely, calling on residents to LIBERATE themselves.
None of this makes any sense, and it defies the advice that experts have consistently given on Covid-19. There was a failure to realize what an efficiently spreading respiratory virus for which we have no vaccine and no antiviral meant, Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, recently told me. From the very beginning, that minimization set a tone that reverberated from the highest levels of government to what the average person believes about the virus.
Trumps failures were felt during the recent resurgence in coronavirus cases. Although experts had called on the federal government to dramatically scale up nationwide testing capacity in the spring and summer, the Trump administration by and large refused, claiming the federal government was merely a supplier of last resort. This left local and state governments, with far fewer resources than the federal government, to scale up testing and tracing on their own.
The result: As coronavirus cases hit new peaks in various states throughout July and August, there were delays as long as weeks in getting test results back. In many respects, this made the tests useless. Testing is supposed to confirm that someone is sick as early as possible, letting both the infected person and public health officials take steps from isolation to notifying close contacts of the infected and asking them to quarantine to prevent further spread of the disease. But if people can only confirm theyre infected weeks after infection, and subsequently days or weeks after theyre actually transmitting the virus, thats too late.
More broadly, the US has continued to struggle to build up testing. Overall testing numbers each day in the US continue to hover around 600,000 to 900,000, increasing little, if at all, since July. Experts recommend that the percent of tests that come back positive which gauges whether theres enough testing to meet the scope of an outbreak should be below 5 percent or even 3 percent. The USs positive rate is 5.2 percent, and most states are above the 5 percent cutoff, with some as high as 15 percent or 20 percent.
Trump, however, has suggested he doesnt want more testing. Arguing that testing makes the US look bad because it reveals more cases, Trump said he told his people, Slow the testing down, please. Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seemed to listen updating a guidance to say that people without symptoms may not need to get tested even after close contact with people known to have Covid-19, effectively recommending fewer people at risk get tested.
For Trump, the single goal appears to be making the US look like its back to normal, as if the pandemic isnt messing up so many peoples lives, before the November election. But the reality is that the virus is here to stay, at least until we have a vaccine or an effective treatment. The countries that have gotten closer to normal, like Germany and South Korea, have taken the aggressive steps Trump has so far rejected or downplayed.
Meanwhile, other parts of the federal government arent doing a good job, either. Though Congress passed a sweeping stimulus package and other measures earlier this year to deal with the initial brunt of Covid-19, its failed to renew those measures as many have expired with the current big proposal caught up in partisan fights over just how large the benefits for people affected by the bad economy should be.
So dealing with the virus, particularly its most recent resurgence, has been left to the public and to state and local governments, even as they face crippling budget shortfalls as a result of the collapsed economy with little support from the federal government.
None of this is to say that the US has, by any means, conquered Covid-19.
I do worry, though, that fatigue is setting in, Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease epidemiologist, told me. I see this in Arizona as the state reopens and the percent positivity [for tests] increases, many might feel the outbreak is over in the US or something we can relax on.
The US continues suffering more Covid-19 deaths each day than any other developed country. As of September 10, the death rate in the US was 2.19 per million people 50 percent higher than second-place Spain (1.42) and third-place Israel (1.4), and more than triple fourth-place Australia (0.66).
That adds to an already grisly statistic: Although the US has not suffered the most Covid-19 deaths of any wealthy nation, its in the bottom 20 percent for total deaths since the pandemic began, and reports about seven times the coronavirus deaths as the median developed country. If America had the same death rate as, for example, Canada, 100,000 more Americans would likely be alive today.
Recent spikes in parts of the Midwest and South particularly in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Alabama have also shown that the epidemic in the US is by no means over. If a state gets careless, its very likely to see a big spike. South Dakota, for example, allowed a mass gathering at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and that appeared to contribute to the states recent surge in Covid-19.
William Hanage, an epidemiologist at Harvard, suggested there might be a divide in how well metropolitan areas are doing compared with more suburban and rural places. That could lead to spikes in cases in less densely populated places, Hanage told me: The Midwest is much more sparsely populated, but when the virus comes to town it can still do damage. Its just less predictable when it will come to town.
There are also concerns that recent Labor Day celebrations, in which friends and families gathered, could already have fueled a Covid-19 surge that well see in the next few days or weeks. But they also may not if these gatherings were largely outdoors, and people respected social distancing and masking recommendations.
The next big threat could come in the fall and winter. Schools are now reopening, already leading to outbreaks in universities and K-12 settings. In colder areas, it will become much harder to gather outside. Families are bound to gather for the holidays, from Thanksgiving to New Years Day. Another flu season is coming, which could strain health care systems at a time they might be dealing with a surge in Covid-19.
And some cities and states have started to relax their measures. Even New York, which has been very cautious since its huge outbreak in the spring, will soon reopen indoor dining in New York City. San Francisco, which has been a leader in early action, is also reopening several indoor spaces, including barbershops, churches, and gyms.
The virus spreads when a large number of people gather indoors, Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, recently told me. Thats going to happen more in December than it did in July and July was a pretty awful month.
Maybe things wont go so badly. Maybe the safeguards cities and states have in place will keep the virus at bay, even in indoor areas. Maybe the population immunity built up from so many people already getting sick will offer some protection, as long as people continue to practice some social distancing and masking. Maybe the public will keep following social distancing and masking recommendations after seeing two large Covid-19 waves in the US. Maybe continued social distancing will suppress the next flu season (as seemed to happen in the Southern Hemisphere).
Or perhaps things will go badly. Thats the gamble with the coronavirus: As long as we dont have a way to vanquish it through a vaccine or other treatment, it presents a constant risk. So the ongoing decline in coronavirus cases will spare some people from suffering and save lives, but it doesnt mean its time to declare victory just yet.
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TheWest Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., September 14,2020, there have been 487,714 total confirmatorylaboratory results received for COVID-19, with 12,820 totalcases and 275 deaths.
DHHR hasconfirmed the deaths of a 91-year old female fromCabell County, an 84-year old female from Kanawha County, a 78-year old malefrom Grant County, a 66-year old male from Harrison County, an 86-year old malefrom Harrison County, a 76-year old male from Harrison County, a 75-year oldfemale from Kanawha County, a 71-year old female from Kanawha County, and an 83-yearold female from Kanawha County. As we honor the lives of these WestVirginians, we must continue to do our part to slow the growth of this virus by being thoughtful, responsibleand safe, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. Our thoughts go out toall who are grieving during this time.
CASESPER COUNTY: Barbour(37), Berkeley (884), Boone (176), Braxton (9), Brooke (105), Cabell (658),Calhoun (22), Clay (29), Doddridge (17), Fayette (475), Gilmer (19), Grant(147), Greenbrier (117), Hampshire (95), Hancock (135), Hardy (75), Harrison(324), Jackson (229), Jefferson (401), Kanawha (2,019), Lewis (37), Lincoln(144), Logan (547), Marion (244), Marshall (140), Mason (125), McDowell (80),Mercer (380), Mineral (149), Mingo (301), Monongalia (1,715), Monroe (144),Morgan (45), Nicholas (69), Ohio (332), Pendleton (46), Pleasants (15),Pocahontas (58), Preston (142), Putnam (403), Raleigh (423), Randolph (230),Ritchie (11), Roane (41), Summers (28), Taylor (114), Tucker (15), Tyler (15), Upshur(59), Wayne (320), Webster (7), Wetzel (46), Wirt (9), Wood (333), Wyoming (80).
Pleasenote that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from thelocal health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the localhealth department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain countymay not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual inquestion may have crossed the state border to be tested.Such is the case of Clay,Hancock, Jefferson, and Tucker counties.
Pleasevisit the dashboard located at www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more information.
Find developments on the coronavirus pandemic and the plan for recovery in the U.S. and Washington state.
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COVID-19 testing sites closed Monday
The COVID-19 testing sites run by the City of Seattle will be closed on Monday due to poor air quality.
The Seattle Fire Department said anyone who had an appointment scheduled for Monday will receive a notification.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday morning that the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will look very different for 2020.
"It will not be the same parade we're used to," de Blasio said. "They're reinventing the event for this moment in history. And you will be able to feel the spirit and the joy of that day."
The mayor said that the parade will not be "live" this year, its "reimagined" format will still be shown online and on TV for Thanksgiving. He said Macy's would be releasing additional details about its plans later on Monday.
British scientists are beginning a small study comparing how two experimental coronavirusvaccines might work when they are inhaled by people instead of being injected.
In a statementon Monday, researchers at Imperial College London and Oxford University said a trial involving 30 people would test vaccines developed by both institutions when participants inhale the droplets in their mouths, which would directly target their respiratory systems.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a new countrywide lockdown will be imposed amid a stubborn surge in coronavirus cases, with schools and parts of the economy expected to shut down in a bid to bring down infection rates.
Beginning Friday, the start of the Jewish High Holiday season, schools, restaurants, malls and hotels will shut down, among other businesses, and Israelis will face restrictions on movement and on gatherings.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State's COVID-19 infection rate has been below 1 percent for 38 straight days. Yesterday, 0.92 of test results reported to New York State were positive. The number of new cases, percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov.
"New York's government sets the tone for the state's response to COVID-19, but New Yorkers drive it home. We can defeat this virus and create a better future, but we need New Yorkers to wear masks, socially distance and wash their hands as local governments enforce state guidance," Governor Cuomo said. "There's no doubt that we've made progress, but this is not over yet. By staying New York Tough, we'll get through this together."
Yesterday, the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 1,018 establishments in New York City and Long Island and observed 8 establishments that were not in compliance with state requirements. A county breakdown of yesterday's observed violations is below:
Today's data is summarized briefly below:
Of the 63,358 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 583, or 0.92 percent, were positive. Each region's percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:
REGION
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Capital Region
1.0%
1.0%
0.4%
CentralNew York
0.7%
2.0%
1.4%
Finger Lakes
0.9%
0.6%
0.8%
Long Island
1.4%
1.2%
0.9%
Mid-Hudson
0.9%
1.2%
1.6%
Mohawk Valley
0.8%
0.4%
0.4%
New York City
0.7%
0.8%
1.0%
North Country
0.1%
0.2%
0.5%
Southern Tier
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
WesternNew York
1.5%
2.0%
1.2%
The Governor also confirmed 583 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 444,948 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 444,948 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:
County
Total Positive
New Positive
Albany
2,921
6
Allegany
94
0
Broome
1,420
2
Cattaraugus
242
1
Cayuga
190
0
Chautauqua
516
1
Chemung
251
0
Chenango
245
0
Clinton
153
0
Columbia
577
0
Cortland
132
4
Delaware
128
0
Dutchess
4,994
