Steuben County Public Health

Today, portions of Steuben County were placed in the yellow zone under the state's cluster action initiative. Areas of the county that fall within the yellow zone will be required to follow guidelines: Non-essential gatherings are limited to 25 people or less Houses of worship can still meet at 50% of their maximum ... occupancy and must follow all other NYS guidelines Restaurants and taverns must limit group or party size to no more than 4 people Schools that are open for in-person learning are required to undergo mandatory weekly testing of 20% of students and staff A press conference was held today at 3:30 to discuss the impact of the yellow zone and other COVID-19 updates. View the conference here: https://tinyurl.com/1021pressconf and use passcode: 9m7dXe$B Information from the Governor's office on the clusters can be found here: https://www.governor.ny.gov//governor-cuomo-details-covid-

There are 29 new cases of COVID-19 in Steuben today. Thankfully, 26 more have recovered. As COVID-19 continues to spread in Steuben County, it is especially important for anyone who has visited any of the noted locations without wearing a mask for an extended period of time to be extra vigilant about monitoring for symptoms. All known contacts to positives are quarantined. However, in some instances there could be people who have been in contact with or in the same area as... a positive for a prolonged time that are unknown to the individual and could have been exposed. Our next report will be on Monday. Have a healthy and safe weekend. Use all COVID-19 prevention strategies.

12 people have tested positive for COVID in Steuben today. Thankfully, 16 more have recovered. COVID-19 can spread more easily in bars, restaurants, and at social gatherings. In these environments, people are most often unmasked for extended periods of time. Be extra vigilant of your social activities and use all precautions, especially in these settings.

10 new cases of COVID-19 in Steuben today. Thankfully, 3 more have recovered. Parts of Steuben County remain in the yellow zone. We need the community’s help to continue to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Reduced spread is the only way we can be released from the yellow zone and make sure we do not increase clusters across the county. Continue to follow all prevention strategies: wear your mask, social distance, stay home and get tested if feeling ill, and keep social circles small.

Cloth face masks will be distributed to Steuben County residents, free of charge, on Friday, November 6 in drive throughs at: Bath Volunteer Fire Dept 50 E Morris St., Bath 12 - 3 pm... Forest View Gang Mills Fire Dept 125 Forest Dr., Painted Post 8 am - 12 pm Hornell Fire Dept 110 Broadway, Hornell 12 - 4 pm Thank you Bath Fire Department, Forest View Gang Mills Fire Department, and the City of Hornell Fire Department for distributing these masks.

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17 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Steuben today. Thankfully, 35 more have recovered. COVID-19 continues to spread in Steuben County quickly. By the time someone gets tested, they could have come in contact with more than a dozen people. Although it makes sense to see that most of our new cases have had contact with known positives, that does not mean the spread is slowing at the moment. You could have already come in contact with someone who will get tested, therefore making you a contact unknowingly. Please take extra precautions during this time of high spread.

74 more have tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend and today. Thankfully, 35 more have recovered. COVID-19 is still circulating in the area. To protect your loved ones and slow the spread of COVID-19, you may want to consider getting tested if you feel ill, have participated in any large gatherings recently, have been in contact with someone who has tested positive or work in a location where others have tested positive. Remember, it can take up to 14 days for the virus to develop after exposure, so testing negative shortly after one of the noted activities may not mean you will stay negative.

There are 14 new cases of COVID-19 for Steuben today. Sadly, another county resident has passed. Thankfully, 29 more have recovered. Following prevention practices is so important because you don’t know when and if you could come into contact with someone who does not yet know that they are positive. Wear your masks. Stay at least six feet away from those outside your household. To protect others, stay home if you’re feeling ill. Our next report will be on Monday. Have a safe and healthy weekend.

Thank you ProAction of Steuben and Yates, Inc. for this amazing video! We appreciate all of our essential workers who have been dedicated to the fight against COVID-19.

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15 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Steuben. 32 more have recovered. To stop the spread of COVID-19 and keep the county heading in the right direction regarding cluster zones, all prevention methods must be utilized. Wear your masks, social distance and stay away from others when feeling ill.

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There are 23 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Steuben today. Sadly, we learned of 6 more deaths today from Corning Center that occurred between September 30 - October 17. Thankfully, 99 more have recovered. Today’s new cases are more than double yesterday’s number. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it many times again: wear your masks, social distance, keep your social circles small, stay away from others if you’re feeling ill and get tested. Following all COVID-19 prevention protocols is the best way to protect our community.