BATAVIA — Eight active COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday in Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties.

BATAVIA — It’s cause for celebration or sighs of relief.

BATAVIA — Eight active COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday in Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties.

NEW YORK — It was 465 days.

SYRACUSE — The state is less than a tenth of a percent from reversing its COVID-19 and pandemic-era restrictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday, before announcing additional incentives to increase the vaccination rate in hundreds of communities.

BATAVIA — Nine active COVID-19 cases were reported Monday in Genesee and Orleans counties.

BATAVIA — COVID-19 numbers remained low Friday across the GLOW region.

The four GLOW region counties have a seven-day rolling average positivity rate for COVID-19 that is at or better than the nine-county Finger Lakes region.

BATAVIA — The numbers of COVID-19 cases remained low in the GLOW region on Wednesday.

Assemblywoman Marjorie Byrnes, R-Caledonia, said it's time to let parents be parents and allow them to make decisions regarding mask mandates for children.

BATAVIA — The number of active COVID-19 cases in the GLOW region decreased to 33 as of Tuesday.

NEW YORK — The state will target increasing the number of residents vaccinated against COVID-19 in 175 areas, including several north country towns, to hit a 70% vaccination rate statewide and reverse all pandemic restrictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

NEW YORK — Following several days of confusion, state officials clarified COVID-19 rules Monday about when public school students must continue to wear facial coverings as the coronavirus pandemic winds down.

BATAVIA — The rate of new COVID-19 cases is reaching a trickle in the GLOW region.

Just two new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday in the four-county GLOW region, while six recoveries were reported.

(TNS) – Ronald Lindquist, 87, has been active all his life. So, he wasn’t prepared for what happened when he stopped going out during the coronavirus pandemic and spent most of his time, inactive, at home.

NEW YORK — School districts may serve as COVID-19 vaccination sites for students ages 12 to 17, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, as the state’s average virus positivity rate dipped to the lowest in the nation.

GENESEO — In what could be a COVID-19 milestone, no new COVID-19 cases were reported Wednesday in Livingston County – the first time since late October 2020 that a county had not reported a new case of the virus.

BATAVIA — Two new COVID-19 related deaths were reported over the Memorial Day weekend in the GLOW region.

ALBANY — State officials rescinded a new mask mandate for toddlers and children ineligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 late Monday after day care providers and camp leaders joined a chorus of lawmakers demanding Gov. Andrew Cuomo repeal the federal recommendation.

GENESEO — The number of active COVID-19 cases in Livingston County decreased to under 50 on Friday.

NEW YORK — New Yorkers ages 12 to 17 who get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the coming weeks will be entered to win a four-year free ride to any public college or university as an incentive to inoculate the age group, officials announced Wednesday.

WARSAW — The decrease in active COVID-19 cases continued Thursday in Wyoming and Livingston counties.

BATAVIA — The seven-day rolling average of positive COVID-19 cases is continuing to decrease in the Finger Lakes Region.

BATAVIA — The number of active COVID-19 cases continued a steady decline in the GLOW region, according to data released Tuesday.

ALBANY — New Yorkers who get vaccinated against COVID-19 this week will receive a free two-day pass to any state park, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.

BATAVIA — The seven-day rolling average of positive COVID-19 cases in the Finger Lakes Region continued to decrease over the weekend.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story contained an incorrect location for Livingston County's May 26 clinic due to an error on the state vaccine scheduling website. Livingston County is working to correct that information. Corrected information has been updated in this story.

NEW YORK (TNS) — New York state logged the lowest COVID-19 positivity rate since Labor Day, as infection numbers continue to drop amid rising vaccinations, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.

The number of people reported as recovered from COVID-19 continues to outpace the number of new confirmed cases in the four-county GLOW region, according to data from the county health departments.

New Yorkers who get vaccinated against COVID-19 at state-run vaccine sites next week will receive a free Mega Multiplier lottery ticket with the chance to win up to $5 million.

COVID-19 data from Livingston and Wyoming counties continues to improve as recoveries outpaced new cases for a third consecutive day and the number of active cases of the virus declined, according to data from the respective health departments.

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Coronavirus vaccine coverage is substantially higher in urban areas across the country than in rural communities, where hesitancy remains a “major barrier” for public health officials, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found in a new study published Tuesday.

Recoveries outpaced new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and the number of active cases declined in two of the four GLOW region counties for a second consecutive day.

(TNS) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding its emergency use authorization of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 12-15 years.

BATAVIA — COVID-19 positivity rates in Genesee and Orleans counties are going down from where they were last month, but unfortunately, right now, the Finger Lakes happens to be the highest in the state, as far as the region.

Recoveries outnumbered the number of new COVID-19 cases in the four-county GLOW region on Tuesday, though one death was reported in Livingston County, according to data from county health departments.

New York will adopt the recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines starting Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a press briefing Monday.

WASHINGTON (TNS) – The United States should be entering a new chapter in the coronavirus pandemic – but there are several potential “curveballs” ahead that could reverse progress, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview on Friday.

BATAVIA — The availability of COVID-19 clinics continues to expand in the GLOW region.

Children as young as 12 years old will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccination beginning Saturday at clinics in Livingston County.

Federal officials on Thursday announced a sweeping relaxation of face mask guidelines, including allowing fully vaccinated people to safely stop wearing masks in most places.

The Wyoming County Department of Health is beginning to coordinate home visits for vaccinations.

WARSAW — The number of active COVID-19 cases increased Wednesday in Livingston and Wyoming counties.

WARSAW — Two new COVID-19 related deaths were reported Tuesday in the GLOW region.

NEW YORK — All students who attend state universities must be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend classes in person this fall, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.

GENESEO — The number of active COVID-19 cases tumbled over the past weekend in Livingston and Wyoming counties.

Beginning May 19, most business occupancy will be removed in New York.

(TNS) – Pfizer Inc. and its partner BioNTech SE have asked U.S. regulators for full approval of their COVID-19 vaccine, a milestone in their effort to make the shot a sustainable revenue source that goes well beyond its current standing as an emergency product.