By Staff
Jan. 26, 2022: COVID-19 cases in our area continued to decline this week, falling by over 6,000 cases from January 17th to January 24, 2022. As of January 24th, there were 6,323 positive cases in our area in the past 14 days, including 95 cases in Bronxville.
The percent positive rate is now 8.6%, down from 12.9% last week. Click here to see the Westchester County Covid-19 Dashboard.
Local Covid Cases | ||||||
(positive cases in past 14 days) | ||||||
12/22/2021 | 1/3/2022 | 1/9/2022 | 1/17/2022 | 1/24/2022 | Change | |
Bronxville | 84 | 175 | 170 | 147 | 95 | -52 |
Tuckahoe | 114 | 188 | 226 | 215 | 134 | -81 |
Eastchester | 281 | 693 | 779 | 618 | 347 | -271 |
Mount Vernon | 830 | 3,520 | 5,290 | 4,415 | 1,620 | -2,795 |
Yonkers | 2,111 | 9,685 | 12,149 | 8,931 | 4,127 | -4,804 |
Total | 3,701 | 14,954 | 19,393 | 14,326 | 6,323 | -8,003 |
Source: Westchester County COVID-19 Dashboard
New Pop-up Vaccination Sites
Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that there were 45 new #VaxForKids pop-up vaccination sites to increase vaccination rates among children and adolescents.
“The best way to keep our children safe is to make sure they’re vaccinated,” said Governor Hochul. “If you’re a parent that has hesitated to get your child vaccinated, now is the time. More than 1.5 million children are already vaccinated in New York State, which has been a critical tool for keeping our schools open, so sign your children who are 5 years or older up for their shot today.”
The full list of #VaxForKids sites is available here.
Testing
You can now get free COVID-19 test kits from the government. There is currently a limit of 4 test kits per household. Here is the link to order your kits. https://www.covidtests.gov/
COVID-19 testing is also available at local pharmacies. There is a CVS testing facility in Chester Heights. They require appointments which can be made on their covid page on cvs.com.
Covid testing location in Chester Heights