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Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: Crossgates sues six stores that stopped paying rent amid COVID outbreak

Source: Weinberger Proposes Limiting Alcohol Sales, Gatherings Ahead of UVM Semester | Off Message

Source: Reopening NY: ‘Movie theaters I think are next,’ Cuomo says – syracuse.com

Essex County was hit with 24 new COVID-19 cases at an Elizabethtown nursing home, the county health department reported Wednesday. Source: COVID outbreak hits E-town nursing home | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | After avoiding a major outbreak through the first six months of the coronavirus pandemic, Essex County was hit with 24 new COVID-19 […]

We continue to make good progress against Coronavirus—for the 12th consecutive day, our statewide infection rate has been below 1 percent. But COVID is not over. Complacency or letting our guard down is a threat to that hard-won progress. We need to keep taking steps to protect one another to keep the numbers low. It’s […]

Source: ‘Risky, problematic’ to open schools: Cuomo wonders if can they control UNC-like outbreaks – syracuse.com

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: Ithaca College changes course, won’t bring back students for the fall semester – syracuse.com

Source: Pandemic will hit Syracuse’s wallet harder than almost any other city in America (report) – syracuse.com

Source: Bowling is back. Gyms are opening. Casino workers ask: What about us? – syracuse.com

Source: Coronavirus: UNC-Chapel Hill moves all classes online after just 1 week – syracuse.com

Source: NY will close individual schools if coronavirus starts to spread, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce   Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that gyms and fitness centers can begin opening starting on Monday, August 24th with limits to capacity and other safety restrictions.⁠   Local elected officials may choose to delay the reopening of gyms and fitness centers until September 2 to, in part, […]

  Here are today’s Clinton County COVID-19 case count updates. Keep up the good work Clinton County! ✔️ Wear a mask 😷 ✔️ Practice social distancing ✔️ Wash your hands

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: New York gyms can reopen as soon as Aug. 24, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

Source: Teachers in Upstate NY city districts join Syracuse, ask to delay the start of in-person school – syracuse.com

Source: Closures due to pandemic continue to hit Adirondack businesses

State tax receipts of $26.4 billion through the first four months of the state fiscal year were $3 billion, or 10.2 percent, below the same period last year, according to the July cash report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.   “The shift of the tax filing deadline from April to July this […]

New York State is investing in innovative methods to detect and control any new Coronavirus outbreaks. Today, we are launching a pilot program to detect the presence of COVID-19 in wastewater. In doing so, we will have an early indicator system to detect virus spread in communities. Wastewater testing has been identified by top scientists […]

Source: Montreal’s New COVID-19 Case Counts Per Borough Has Just Been Released – MTL Blog

Here are today’s Clinton County COVID-19 case updates. To find hospitalization data for the North Country Region, visit: https://forward.ny.gov/daily-hospitalization-summary-region Note: The next Clinton County COVID-19 case updates will be shared on Monday, August 17.

Reported by the North Country Chamber of Commerce Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced Friday that the Canadian and U.S governments will extend the Canada-U.S. land border closure for another 30 days until September 21. The closure to non-essential travel has been in place for months, but with caseloads still high in many U.S. states, the […]