ELEVEN NEW COVID CASES, ONE ADDITIONAL DEATH

The county has seen 11 new COVID cases as of Tuesday, with one additional death. The county’s positivity rate is nearly twice that of the state. Allegany County’s positivity rate is now at 2.79 per cent, while the state, as a whole, reports a rate of 1.87 per cent. A walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic is taking place today at the Flintstone Volunteer Fire Company. Next week, clinics will be held at the Good Will Fire Company on Tuesday, and at the Mount Savage Fire Company on Thursday. All clinics are being held from 9 a.m. to non. Just over 30 per cent of the population has now been fully vaccinated, and 35 per cent have received at least the first dose of a two-dose vaccine.