COVID-19 Statistics Update, December 16, 2020

December 16, 2020 Kassadee Bradshaw
Graphic of a map of Oswego County with the words COVID-19 Statistics, Oswego County
Graphic by Fred Reed.

OSWEGO COUNTY – According to the Oswego County Health Department, as of 3 p.m., there have been 56 additional cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) since yesterday.

There are 631 active cases today.

Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang reminds residents that the County Health Department changed its reporting process yesterday and now follows the New York State Department of Health dashboard in reporting the number of COVID-19-related deaths by “County of Residence.”

“Our verification process took too much time and created a discrepancy between our numbers and those reported on the State’s dashboard,” Huang said. “We’ve been working closely with NYSDOH since the pandemic began and count its dashboard as a credible resource.” 

Oswego County Legislature Chairman Jim Weatherup agreed that the previous process was cumbersome and in need of a second look.

“In order to stay true to our desire to be a reliable and credible source of information, we needed to be more efficient in our reporting,” Weatherup said. 

To date, the Oswego County Health Department has verified and reported six deaths while the State’s dashboard reports that there are now 20 COVID-19-related deaths of Oswego County residents since March. 

The Oswego County Health Department is investigating a confirmed case of COVID-19 at Walmart Supercenter, 3018 East Ave., Central Square. Anyone who visited the store on the following dates and times may have been exposed to the virus.

  • Thursday, Dec. 3 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Friday, Dec. 4 between 1 and 10 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Dec. 9 between 5 and 10 p.m.

More information can be found here.

Today’s statistics are below:

Oswego County: (as of 3 p.m.) Note, the total number of positive cases is cumulative since March and the number of recoveries and deaths are of those numbers. SUNY Oswego cases are included in the county numbers, however, the county tracks only those living in Oswego County. That means that students who chose to leave and go back to their home county and test positive there will be included on the college’s dashboard, but not the county’s. Their positive result would be reported to their home county, not here.

  • Total # of active cases: 631 (yesterday: 597)
  • Total # of positive cases: 2,823 (yesterday: 2,767)
  • Total # of recoveries: 2,172 (yesterday: 2,164)
  • Total # tests: 93,785 (yesterday: 93,107)
  • Total # of negative results: 90,361 (yesterday: 89,757)
  • Total # of people in mandatory isolation/quarantine: 1,471 (yesterday: 1,416)
  • Total # of deaths: 20 (yesterday: 19) 
  • Total # of hospitalizations: 74 (as of Dec. 1)

Municipalities With Cases: Map updated today.

1-10 confirmed cases: Amboy, Boylston, Redfield

11-25 confirmed cases: Minetto, Orwell, Parish, Williamstown

26-50 confirmed cases: Albion, New Haven, Sandy Creek

51-75 confirmed cases: Constantia, Hannibal, Mexico, Palermo, West Monroe

76-100 confirmed cases:  Richland, Scriba

101-150 confirmed cases: Granby, Schroeppel

151-200 confirmed cases: Hastings, Volney

201-250 confirmed cases: City of Fulton

251-300 confirmed cases: Oswego Town

Over 400 confirmed cases: City of Oswego

Map of the case ranges by municipality. Image from Oswego County Health Department’s COVID-19 dashboard.

SUNY Oswego Statistics: (as of 2:35 p.m.)

  • Total number of active cases: 2 (no change)
  • Total number of cumulative confirmed cases since Aug. 12: 392 (no change)
  • Total number of tests: 22,865 (yesterday: 22,726)
  • Total number of recoveries: 390 (no change)
  • Total number of confirmed cases Dec. 5 to Dec. 18: 10 (no change)
    • students living on-campus: 0 (no change)
    • students living off-campus while taking classes on-campus: 0 (no change)
    • employees working on-campus: 0 (no change)
    • students living off-campus learning remotely: 10 (no change)
    • employees working remotely: 0 (no change)
  • Total number of on-campus quarantine rooms occupied: 0 (no change)
  • Total number of on-campus isolation rooms occupied: 0 (no change)
  • Total number of off-campus students in quarantine: 2 (yesterday: 3)
  • Total number of off-campus students in isolation: 2 (no change)

Oswego County School Districts: Look for your school district’s COVID-19 report card here. It shows if there are any positive cases within the school district, for students and staff.

New York: (as of yesterday)

  • Total # of positive cases: 804,555 (yesterday: 794,557)
  • Total # of deaths: 28,100 (yesterday: 28,002)

*NY numbers are from the NY State Department of Health.

Other updates from the state can be found here.

U.S.: (as of 3:28 p.m.)

  • Total # of positive cases: 16,873,988 (yesterday: 16,636,487)
  • Total # of deaths: 306,243 (yesterday: 302,294)
  • Total # of recoveries: No data available (Monday: 6,298,082)

Worldwide: (as of 3:28 p.m.)

  • Total # of positive cases: 73,953,702 (yesterday: 73,253,728)
  • Total # of deaths: 1,644,416 (yesterday: 1,630,211)
  • Total # of recoveries: 41,846,003 (yesterday: 41,475,005)

For information on symptoms, diagnostic testing, antibody testing, childhood inflammatory disease related to COVID-19, or other COVID-19 related topics, visit the Oswego County Health Department’s COVID-19 page.

Resources:

  • Oswego County COVID-19 Hotline: 315-349-3330
  • New York Mental Health Hotline: 1-844-863-9314
  • Oswego COVID-19 Mental Health and Crisis Hotline: 315-343-5507

Links For Statistics:

 

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