In Warren County two more people have died from COVID-19, and three more in Washington county – all residents of nursing homes. St. Lawrence County reports three new cases of COVID-19, while Jefferson County reports no increase in cases, but a jump in the number of people who have gotten tested – that’s up by 54.
The Department of Corrections reports that two more prisoners in New York have died from COVID 19 – both men were incarcerated at Fishkill Correctional Facility. That brings the total number of incarcerated people that the department reports have died from COVID-19 to 10. Health officials say those numbers are almost certainly an undercount, though, considering how little testing has happened inside prisons.
Stewart’s, the ubiquitous convenience store chain here in the North Country and parts of Vermont, will implement more precautions across its 336 locations, according to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, including cutting the number of people allowed in the store in half, installing clear plastic shields between cashiers and customers, and putting six-foot social distancing markers on the floors.
The decision from Governor Cuomo on whether to reopen schools this year will come today. Schools have been closed across the state since March 18.
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