There are more COVID patients admitted at Wynn Hospital in Utica than there have been over the last several months. As a result and with the likelihood that numbers are open the rise, hospital officials announced on Wednesday that masks will be required as of Thursday morning at 7 for all guests entering the complex.
As the number of Covid cases starts to rise again, federal health officials are advising people in sections of New York state to resume wearing masks while indoors.
In a quiet move, New York Governor Kathy Hochul initiated an executive order on Thursday, July 14 to extend New York's disaster emergency as it relates to COVID.