Chenango County Health Department is advising residents of an increase in levels of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater surveillance data over the past two weeks.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending faces masks be worn indoors in upstate New York where there are high community levels of COVID-19.
New York State plans to start testing wastewater in all counties across New York State for variants of the coronavirus and track changes in concentration.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced more than 20-million COVID-19 tests are being distributed throughout the Spring to help control the disease.
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the Department of Health was unprepared to respond infectious diseases even before the start of the pandemic.