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NEW YORK COVID-19 TRACKER REPORTS 186 WESTCHEST RESIDENTS TESTED POSITIVE FRIDAY, 1,080 THROUGH 6 DAYS.
WPCNR CORONAVIRUS SURVEILLANCE. Special to WPCNR. October 15, 2022:
Over 160 persons, aged 12 and over kept their appointments for coronavirus shots and the Bivalent Booster Saturday at White Plains High School, Sunshine Pharmacy told WPCNR Saturday afternoon.
The clinic was arranged by White Plains High School health officials with Sunshine Pharmacy, according to Mitesh Patel, one of the Co-owners of Sunshine Pharmacy speaking to WPCNR by phone . He said it was the second highest number of persons receiving covid inoculations Sunshine had experienced since last February when 175 were vaccinated.
Saturday, the New York Covid Tracker reported Westchester County found 186 new persons lab-confirmed tested with covid, bringing the 6-day total since last Sunday to 1,089 new cases. This afternoon the Tracker is scheduled to report Saturday covid-positives. The total is likely to be slightly less or the same as last week’s total of 1,284 positive, making this week the 10th week in a row Westchester will have 1,000 new cases of covid. The is well ahead of last SeptemberOctober infections which produced a massive number infections in December and January.
It is hoped with the lower serious infections of the disease the county in experiencing that the infections, currently showing 1 person infected with covid is infectiong only 1 other person, that the disease will not continue at this spread rate but will lower, otherwise the present rate of infections 1,000 a week or more will continue.