Most Southern Tier Counties being tracked in regular updates since the start of the coronavirus outbreak have reported new deaths over the past few days.
New York Governor Hochul calls the misinformation being fed to people, especially on social media, “dangerous” and some incidents are outright malicious.
Those who watch the local pandemic numbers every day are noticing the overall case count is starting to go down after an alarming spike over the summer.
Broome County on Friday announced another death from the coronavirus pandemic, a woman in her 80s, bringing the county death toll for the week to nine.