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3 more COVID-19 deaths, 40 new cases in Monroe County

The number of people in Monroe County who have died from COVID-19 has reached 99, including three since Friday, the county health department said...
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Sat, 04/25/2020 - 2:31pm
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Local researchers say there is still a lot of uncertainty about COVID-19

Several local researchers and public policy experts got together in a televised virtual forum seen and heard on WXXI TV, radio and online on Thursday...
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Fri, 04/24/2020 - 2:00am
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Local hospital systems push state to allow earlier reopening

With a surge in COVID-19 cases yet to materialize, many hospital beds in Monroe County and the surrounding region are empty. The push for physical...
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Thu, 04/23/2020 - 12:52pm
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Health providers opening clinics to increase coronavirus test access for people of color

Administrators at two Rochester health providers said Tuesday that they are opening clinics in areas of the city where many people of color live. Jordan...
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Tue, 04/21/2020 - 3:13pm
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Bob Duffy gets advisory role in helping with reopening the Finger Lakes region

Governor Andrew Cuomo is tapping some local and state leaders to help parts of the state reopen businesses and other venues in a very measured way....
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Tue, 04/21/2020 - 12:39pm
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As COVID-19 deaths rise in Monroe County nursing homes, doctors test some residents with no symptoms

As laboratories in Monroe County slowly increased the number of coronavirus tests they can run, a nursing home in Rochester began submitting more...
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Thu, 04/16/2020 - 6:44pm
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URMC lab begins testing some people with no symptoms of COVID-19

The University of Rochester Medical Center’s pathology lab has begun processing coronavirus tests for nursing home residents who have no symptoms of...
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Wed, 04/15/2020 - 2:59pm
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Six more die from COVID-19 in Monroe County as number of hospitalized holds steady

The day after the Monroe County public health department reported a 24-hour period with no COVID-19 deaths, the death toll climbed by six in one day....
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Tue, 04/14/2020 - 1:40pm
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Health commissioner wants to identify coronavirus infections earlier in minorities

Like many places around the country , Monroe County has found that racial and ethnic minorities are overrepresented in the sickest COVID-19 patients --...
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Fri, 04/10/2020 - 8:37am
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Coronavirus testing slowly accelerates as Rochester labs automate

The number of tests that laboratories in Monroe County can run for the novel coronavirus is slowly increasing. Administrators at the University of...
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Mon, 04/06/2020 - 10:28am
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