Hudson Valley residents ‘re-infect’ themselves with COVID-19

A senior Hudson Valley official confirmed that residents are “falling ill again with COVID.”

Orange County Director Steve Neuhaus on Tuesday confirmed 203 people had tested positive for COVID-19 since Monday, which is the highest one-day total reported in Orange County since the 1st. may.

Later in his “COVID-19 Update Tuesday, November 17, 2020,” Neuhaus answered questions from residents of Orange County and confirmed that he had seen people re-infected with COVID-19.

“Have people in Orange County been re-infected? Yes,” Neuhaus said. “This is one of the craziest things I have to deal with on a regular basis, is saying not only to elected officials and other people, and smart people [that] the people who got sick in March and April, why did they get sick again? Well you know the scientists said you could get sick again. So yes, you can get sick again. And yes, we are seeing residents of Orange County falling ill again with COVID. “

Neuhaus also noted that Newburgh, Middletown and the city of New Windsor have seen the largest increase in cases in Orange County. The Orange County executive then said he believed those areas would enter a yellow zone in a few hours.

In April, a mother and teacher in the Lower Hudson Valley said she tested positive for COVID-19 again in a second test some 21 days after showing the first symptoms.

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