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COVID-19 cases spike in Monroe County; Ontario also reporting clusters of cases

The number of new positive cases of COVID-19 in Monroe County jumped sharply in the latest daily numbers released on Wednesday. The Monroe County...
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Wed, 10/21/2020 - 1:43pm
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St. John Fisher to move to remote learning for rest of the fall semester

St. John Fisher College says it will transition to all-remote instruction for the rest of the fall semester. The college made the announcement Tuesday...
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Wed, 10/21/2020 - 6:35am
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Monroe County reports 59 new COVID-19 cases; 10 are at St. John Fisher

On Saturday, Monroe County reported another 59 positive cases of COVID-19 from the previous day’s reporting. Dr. Michael Mendoza, Commissioner of the...
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Sat, 10/17/2020 - 3:49pm
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Monroe County officials say local COVID-19 infection rate remains low

Monroe County has the lowest COVID-19 infection rate for communities with over 500,000 people in the United States according to a New York Times report...
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Thu, 10/15/2020 - 1:33pm
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Monroe County sees spike in daily COVID-19 cases

Monroe County is reporting an increase in COVID-19 cases. The numbers released Friday afternoon from the Monroe County Department of Health show an 54...
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Fri, 10/09/2020 - 12:25pm
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RIT moves alert level on COVID-19 up a notch as a precaution

RIT officials say they are taking proactive steps to deal with a slight uptick in positive cases of COVID-19. RIT has a four color-level alert system to...
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Fri, 10/09/2020 - 12:20pm
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Monroe County says fatal heroin and fentanyl overdoses dropped in 2019

Fatal overdoses in Monroe County involving heroin, fentanyl and related substances were down in 2019 compared to the previous two years. That’s...
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Fri, 09/25/2020 - 8:41am
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Dr. Mendoza responds to growing COVID-19 cases that may be connected to area churches

Monroe County’s Commissioner of Public Health has some words of caution for churchgoers. Dr. Michael Mendoza is putting out the advisory because of a...
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Thu, 09/17/2020 - 1:07pm
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Monroe County could be short on coronavirus tests as schools prepare to reopen

Monroe County needs more coronavirus testing capacity to prepare for the start of the school year, county public health commissioner Dr. Michael Mendoza...
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Fri, 08/28/2020 - 3:44pm
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Walgreens misreported 8 coronavirus test results in 3 days in Monroe County

In the span of three days last month, Walgreens pharmacies in Monroe County misreported the results of eight novel coronavirus tests to a state database...
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Fri, 07/17/2020 - 1:57pm
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