April 16, 2020

COVID-19 Spread in New York video

Wow! From 1st reported case on March 2 to April 14

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My county in Central New York (first case reported on March 16) is at a steady 7.7% of those tested are positive (7,496 total tests, 579 total cases).

Total cases by gender and age:
310 are men, 269 are women
16 are under 19,
116 are in their 20s,
80 are in their 30s,
93 are in their 40s,
107 are in their 50s,
83 are in their 60s,
44 are in their 70s,
29 are in their 80s,
11 are in their 90s

April 11, 2020

How Covid-19 spread through a Central New York family after March wedding in Ohio

[link:https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/04/after-a-dream-wedding-the-coronavirus-spreads-pain-and-fear-through-a-cny-family.html|

"What no one knew was that as 125 people moved and sang, something else was dancing along with them: the novel coronavirus.

It was March 13 in Columbus, Ohio. The country had begun to worry about the virus spreading, but most places didn’t begin clamping down until the next week. Ohio had issued a ban on gatherings with more than 100 people the day before the wedding, but the wedding, paid-for and planned for months, was allowed to go forward.

So the Chopay family came from all over Central New York and beyond to celebrate Danielle’s wedding. One cousin flew in from Poland.

The Chopay family’s experience could be a case study of COVID-19. In the days after the virus leapt from person to person at that wedding, it dug into some of them and put them on the edge of death in Syracuse. But it left barely a fingerprint on others, giving them the sniffles or no symptoms at all."

[read full article at link]

April 7, 2020

One of my New York county's more rural towns has twice the number

of Covid-19 cases per 10,000 as the city of Syracuse does: 20.6 vs 10.2.

[link:https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/04/onondaga-co-coronavirus-5th-death-in-6-days-more-hospitalized-more-critical-397-total.html|

April 7, 2020

Good news! $600 additional unemployment benefit from Federal Gov included

in week ending Sunday, April 5th. It was released today along with my husband's New York State unemployment benefit. My husband opted to have 10% Federal and 2.5% state income tax withheld from his state unemployment benefit. 10% Federal income tax was automatically withheld from the Federal benefit as well. $600 - $60 tax = $540 net benefit.