The Peru Gazette

Editor Joe LoTemplio:

“We have now hit and exceeded the centenary mark for deaths due to COVID-19 in the North Country. Believe me, it is not a milestone. When my mother passed away from COVID-19 this past January in Rochester, I remember looking at paperwork the hospital provides when such an incident occurs. It told me what number COVID death she was in Monroe County at the time. I can’t recall what the exact number was, but it was high, as Monroe County is much bigger than Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties combined.”

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