Ulster sees more than 100 new cases of COVID-19

KINGSTON, N.Y. » Ulster County listed more than 100 new cases of coronavirus over the weekend, bringing to 1,714 the number of active cases reported on the county’s COVID-19 dashboard Sunday, up from the 1,613 reported Friday.

Ulster County does not update its dashboard on Saturday.

The new cases bring the county’s coronavirus positivity rate to 7.8 percent, up from 6.1 percent reported on Friday.

The city of Kingston had the most active cases of COVID-19, with 220 cases in the city as of Sunday. Since the beginning of the pandemic just over a year ago, Kingston has had 1,855 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 46 deaths. The town of Hardenburgh, in the western part of the county has no current cases of the virus and has reported only one confirmed case since last March.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the county has had 12,243 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 239 fatalities. Fifty-six have been in the town of Lloyd and 53 in the town of Ulster.

Dutchess County did not update its COVID-19 website on Sunday.

On Saturday, it reported 1,243 active cases of COVID-19, up from the 1,150 cases reported Friday — a jump of 93. Hospitalizations dropped to 48 from 52.

Dutchess County also on Saturday reported one death from COVID-19, bringing the county’s total death toll to 419 since the local coronavirus outbreak began last March.

Dutchess County has had 24,409 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and its latest seven-day average of positive test results is 4.39 percent.