Latest Numbers, December 2

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by: NC 34 Staff

Posted: Dec 2, 2020 / 05:36 PM GMT-0500 / Updated: Dec 2, 2020 / 05:36 PM GMT-0500

Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers for Broome County.

There are currently 568 active cases, 91 of them new.

23 people are in the hospital and 4,693 have recovered.

3 more deaths were announced today, 2 women in their 70s and 90s and a man in his 70s.

This brings the total number of deaths to 134.

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