The Corn Hill Arts Festival is the latest major Rochester event to be lost to the coronavirus pandemic.

The event, set for its 51st year, fills the streets of the city’s Corn Hill neighborhood with music, vendors and tents with art for sale. The Corn Hill Neighbors Association Board of Directors announced the cancellation of the July festival Wednesday morning.

Monroe County golf courses will remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

That word came Wednesday from the Monroe County Department of Parks, which is keeping the golf courses at Durand Eastman, Genesee Valley and Churchville Parks closed until further notice. Officials say that it’s essential for everyone to stay home to slow the spread of the virus.

The county issued a statement on Wednesday which said:

“We will continue to monitor the situation and, with guidance from the Department of Public Health, re-evaluate this decision as conditions warrant.

At 12:30 p.m., watch the latest coronavirus update from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for April 8, 2020.

First hour: Discussing local climate action efforts

Second hour: How faith leaders are helping people make spiritual connections during the pandemic

Imagine you're driving in a car through the mountains, and up ahead is a tunnel. You enter the tunnel, and immediately the sunlight disappears. You don't know how long the tunnel is, how long the darkness will last, or what you'll see when you come out on the other side.

That's where we are now.

Rochester City School District’s deficit is now roughly $81 million. That’s up a third from just two weeks ago.

The district’s draft budget was based on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s state budget proposal in January. That was pre-COVID-19 which Cuomo said, has cost more than $10 billion in revenue. 

Five more people have died of COVID-19 in Monroe County, the public health department said on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 31.

The number of people being treated in an intensive care unit for the disease also climbed to its highest point yet. Of the 83 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 treatment in the county, 37 were in an ICU, the health department said.

The county confirmed 27 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday. Among them were five people in their 20s.