COVID-19 Statistics Update, December 17, 2020

by Kassadee Bradshaw | December 17, 2020 4:50 pm

OSWEGO COUNTY – According to the Oswego County Health Department, as of 3 p.m., there have been 68 additional cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) since yesterday.

There are 606 active cases today.

Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang reminds residents that flu season is also upon us.

“We had two lab-confirmed flu reports in recent weeks,” Huang said. “If you haven’t done so already, it’s time to get your flu shot. It’s not too late. Flu vaccination is especially important this year as we are seeing drastically increased cases of COVID-19 now. The flu vaccine can help prevent the flu or reduce the severity of its symptoms which, in turn, will reduce hospitalizations for the disease and help protect our health care system which is already overburdened with the coronavirus pandemic.”

Oswego County Legislature Chairman James Weatherup added that the coronavirus is rampant throughout the county and we all need to work together to help prevent the spread of the disease.

“Please take personal responsibility for your behaviors to keep yourselves, your families and your community safe,” Weatherup said. “Follow the advice of the Health Department, practice preventative measures and comply with isolation and quarantine rules to help us all get on the other side of this.” 

Today’s statistics are below:

Oswego County:[1] (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: 606 (yesterday: 631)
• Total # of positive cases: 2,891 (yesterday: 2,823)
• Total # of recoveries: 2,265 (yesterday: 2,172)
• Total # tests: 94,653 (yesterday: 93,785)
• Total # of negative results: 91,112 (yesterday: 90,361)
• Total # of people in mandatory isolation/quarantine: 1,445 (yesterday: 1,471)
• Total # of deaths: 20 (no change) 
• Total # of hospitalizations: 74 (as of Dec. 1)

Municipalities With Cases[2]: 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

SUNY Oswego Statistics[3]: (as of 2:50 p.m.)

• Total number of active cases: 1 (yesterday: 2)
• Total number of cumulative confirmed cases since Aug. 12: 392 (no change)
• Total number of tests: 22,989 (yesterday: 22,865)
• Total number of recoveries: 391 (yesterday: 390)
• 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 (no change)
• Total number of off-campus students in isolation: 1 (yesterday: 2)

Oswego County School Districts: Look for your school district’s COVID-19 report card here[4]. It shows if there are any positive cases within the school district, for students and staff.

New York: [5](as of yesterday)

• Total # of positive cases: 815,469 (yesterday: 804,555)
• Total # of deaths: 28,222 (yesterday: 28,100)

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

Other updates from the state can be found here[6].

U.S.[7]: (as of 3:27 p.m.)

• Total # of positive cases: 17,147,174 (yesterday: 16,873,988)
• Total # of deaths: 309,859 (yesterday: 306,243)
• Total # of recoveries: No data available (Monday: 6,298,082)

Worldwide:[8] (as of 3:27 p.m.)

• Total # of positive cases: 74,724,989 (yesterday: 73,953,702)
• Total # of deaths: 1,657,706 (yesterday: 1,644,416)
• Total # of recoveries: 42,196,233 (yesterday: 41,846,003)

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[9].

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

• Oswego County YouTube Updates[10]
  • These videos are briefings given by Oswego County officials on Tuesdays.
• City of Oswego Emergency Assistance[11]
• Fulton Coronavirus Hotline – 315-895-4767
• Oswego County Health Department [12]
• Oswego County Health Department COVID-19 dashboard[13]
• New York Department of Health[14]
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[15]
• Unacast Social Distancing Scoreboard[16]
• Where to get help with food and general assistance[17]
• Oswego County Office for the Aging[18] –  315-349-3484

Links For Statistics:

• Oswego County[19]
  • Oswego County Health Department
• SUNY Oswego Dashboard[20]
• New York state [21]
  • New York Department of Health
• U.S. [22]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Worldwide[23]
  • Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center

 

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