Nineteen new positive tests for coronavirus were reported on Friday, Aug. 28 in Dutchess County, according to the NYS Department of Health.

Thursday, the most recent data posted by Dutchess County, put the active case count at 234, a drop of 1 from the previous day, and COVID-19 hospitalizations were at 7, a drop of 3.

There were no new deaths attributed to the disease reported by the county.

Over the previous seven days, an average of 1,558 live virus tests were given to county residents each day. Compared to three weeks earlier, active cases were down 2%, hospitalizations were up 75% and there had been no new deaths caused by or related to COVID-19.

The information above comes from Dutchess County’s COVID-19 Dashboard and the NYS DOH Data Feeds and the NYS DOH Data Feeds.

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