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New York State is getting ready for dealing COVID-19 in another school year and more increases in cases around the state.

Broome County Health Department and area hospital officials are expressing concern about an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations in recent days.

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 State has now passed three million cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

Broome, Cortland and Delaware Counties are reporting additional deaths attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past couple of days.

Another local county is going back to daily COVID-19 updates as the number of cases continues to soar.

State and local officials here at home also fear in-home Superbowl parties and gatherings at bars will translate to an increase in COVID-19 cases.

For the first time in over a month, Tioga County has added to its COVID-19 death toll.

Broome County Executive Jason Garnar says he's surprised Broome County hasn't been moved back into the stricter restrictions of a Yellow COVID-19 surge zone.

With weekend numbers for the coronavirus pandemic rolling in, the Southern Tier is noting what appear to be large increases in cases.