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COVID-19 Update: Cases Steadily Decrease in Tompkins County, CDC Expands Vaccine Eligibility
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The Northeast, including New York State, is experiencing a reprieve of COVID-19 surges. In Tompkins County, cases are steadily decreasing.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/tompkins-covid-19/)
The Northeast, including New York State, is experiencing a reprieve of COVID-19 surges. In Tompkins County, cases are steadily decreasing.
Tompkins County Health Department scheduled two COVID-19 booster shot clinics for upcoming Saturday. Clinics located at Shops at Ithaca Mall Vaccination Site.
As New York State’s 62 counties vaccinate their residents, Tompkins County outperforms most of them, with one of the highest vaccination rates in the state.
Tompkins County reported two cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant last week — but even as the variant has caused cases to suge in some regions of the world, local experts are not sounding alarm bells for those that are vaccinated.
The University officially released vaccinated students from most mask wearing and distancing requirements.
As the semester winds down and students begin to make travel plans for summer break, Ithaca Tompkins International Airport makes plans for increased flight options.
The end of March saw COVID-19 cases surpass 100 in a single week causing the University to double down on safety measures.
While the Cornell campus has returned to the green COVID-19 alert level, rising cases within the student population are contributing to an increase in Tompkins County cases overall.
Tompkins County’s early success in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been marked by a fast transition into phase 1b and little wastage of vaccine doses.
As vaccine distribution in the U.S. slowly progresses, the Tompkins County Health Department has hired a Preparedness Coordinator and Director of Community Health to aid with the county’s COVID-19 contact tracing and eventual vaccine distribution.