Posts by WRFI News Staff
Coronavirus Update, January 22, 2021
The Tompkins County Health Department is reporting a number of potential public exposures to COVID-19. Our first one to report is at Five Below, at 744 S. Meadow St., in Ithaca. The date of the exposure to COVID was on Saturday, January 16, 11:30am–8:30pm. The other reported exposure to COVID-19 is at the Ithaca Walmart,…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 21, 2021
The number of hospitalizations in Tompkins due to complications from the virus are at 17 as of yesterday. The Tompkins County Health Department reported two coronavirus related deaths yesterday. According to the Tompkins County health department, as of the time of our 6 p.m. broadcast there are 295 active cases of COVID-19. Yesterday there were…
Read MoreInterview with Walking on Water’s Priscilla Hummel on Comfort Food, a Three-Part Musical [Audio]
WRFI News Contributor Pamela Tan speaks with Walking on Water‘s Priscilla Hummel about their upcoming production of the three-part musical, Comfort Food, which will stream online in February 2021.
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 20, 2021
The Tompkins County Health Department is reporting a number of potential public exposures to COVID-19 on TCAT, Routes 40, 43, and 53. The various exposures were in a rider, and occurred January 15 – 18. You can review the specific days and times of the COVID exposure on TCAT, Routes 40, 43, and 53 on…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 19, 2021
The Tompkins County Health Department is reporting another potential public exposure to COVID-19. This time, the positive case was detected in a person who rode TCAT bus number 32 on Friday, January 15th. The individual boarded the TCAT bus around 1:50 pm at Gaslight Village Apartments and left the bus at Seneca Street Station at…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 15, 2021
The Tompkins County Health Department is reporting yet another potential public exposure to COVID-19. This time, the positive case was detected at Aurora Shoe Repair at, 111 N Plain St, Ithaca (employee) An employee of the business who tested positive worked at the Aurora Shoe Repair on Thursday, January 7, from 8:00am to 5:00pm Tuesday,…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 14, 2021
In Tompkins County, the number of hospitalizations due to complications from the virus had a staggering drop of 20 between Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing the total down to 9 as of last night. According to the Tompkins County health department, at the time of our 6 p.m. broadcast there are 269 active cases of COVID-19.…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, January 13, 2021
First, a look at the local COVID-19 caseload: the number of hospitalizations in Tompkins due to complications from the virus are at 29. Sadly there was one death from the virus reported yesterday.According to the Tompkins County health department, as of the time of our 6 p.m. broadcast there are 266 active cases of COVID-19.…
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