COVID-19 Statistics Update, June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020 Kassadee Bradshaw
Map of affected areas in Oswego County, as of July 9. Blue represents areas with confirmed positive cases. Image from the Oswego County COVID-19 Dashboard.

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

The cumulative reported number is 194 cases across the county and of those, 160 people have recovered and four have died.

Today Governor Andrew Cuomo gave an update on two COVID-19 clusters in the Upstate area, one of which is the cluster discovered at Champlain Valley Specialties in the Town of Oswego. The other cluster is located in Montgomery County.

“Oswego County Apple Packaging Plant: In mid-June, contact tracing efforts revealed that three new positive COVID-19 cases were employees of an apple packaging plant in Oswego County,” Cuomo’s office said in a press release. “Over the next days, State DOH and the Oswego County Health Department tested known contacts of positive cases, including employees of the plant, and set up a free testing site at an apartment complex where a number of the employees and their families reside. Out of 179 employees, 82 have tested positive to date. The plant remains closed as the cluster is investigated and contained. Many of the plant’s employees reside in either Onondaga County or Oneida County, contributing to the recent uptick in confirmed positive cases and percentage of positive test results in both counties and the Central New York and Mohawk Valley regions. Additionally, as a result of the community testing and investigation efforts undertaken by State DOH and Oswego County Health Department, a possible connection was found to a local onion farm. All 18 staff of the farm have been tested, with 4 positive cases to date.”

According to yesterday’s update given by Diane Oldenburg, Senior Public Health Educator for the Oswego County Health Department, 37 of the employees who tested positive reside in Oswego County.

Today’s statistics are below.

Oswego County: (as of 3 p.m.) Note, the total number of positive cases is cumulative and the number of recoveries and deaths are of those numbers.

  • Total # of active cases: 30 (yesterday: 61)
  • Total # of positive cases: 194 (yesterday: 191)
  • Total recoveries: 160 (yesterday: 126)
  • Total # of deaths: 4 (no change since yesterday)
  • Total # people tested: 15,133 (yesterday: 14,740)
  • Total # of negative results: 14,768 (yesterday: 14,378)
  • Total # of people in mandatory isolation/quarantine: 130 (yesterday: 162)
  • Total # of positive antibody tests: 50 (as of June 25)
  • Total # of negative antibody tests: 2,182 (as of June 25)

The county has stopped releasing data for pending results, number of people in precautionary quarantine and total number completed/released from monitoring. Data will not be released on Sundays. Antibody test results are released once a week.

All known contacts of COVID-19 positive patients are being notified. In the event that a known case had public exposure when they were contagious, such as someone who worked in a restaurant, the county health department would alert citizens through the news media and social media.

Areas With Cases (alphabetical order):

COVID-19 has been identified in the cities of Fulton and Oswego and the towns of Boylston, Constantia, Granby, Hannibal, Hastings, Mexico, Minetto, New Haven, Orwell, Oswego, Palermo, Parish, Redfield, Richland, Sandy Creek, Schroeppel, Scriba, Volney, West Monroe and Williamstown.

The county does not release the town/city of individual cases. If there has been a new case and a new area has not been added, that means it is in an area that has already been affected before. Once an area is added it is not removed from the list because the county does not say when a town/city no longer has a case.

County Updates:

  • The Camp Hollis day camp program will begin this Monday for children ages 6 to 14. There are still openings for weekly sessions. To get one of these openings, call the Youth Bureau at 315-349-3451.
  • June 27 and 28 is a free fishing weekend throughout the state. A fishing license is not required on these days.
  • County offices will be closed Friday, July 3 for the 4th of July.
  • Solid waste transfer stations will be closed July 3 and 4.

New York: (as of yesterday)

  • Total # of positive cases: 391,220 (yesterday: 390,415)
  • Total # of deaths: 24,814 (yesterday: 24,800)

Other updates from the state include:

  • Governor Cuomo has partnered with New Jersey Governor Murphy and Connecticut Governor Lamont to create a joint travel advisory for individuals traveling from states with significant community spread of COVID-19, requiring a quarantine for 14 days when visiting their states.
  • The New York State Department of Health’s contact tracing program has identified and is investigating two clusters related to COVID-19 in Upstate New York.
  • Regions in phase four will be permitted to hold social gatherings of up to 50 people; and indoor religious gatherings will be allowed at up to 33 percent of the indoor site’s capacity.
  • Go to forward.ny.gov to find out: Which phase of reopening your region is in; the industry guidance for each phase; regional dashboards for monitoring how the virus is being contained; and information on loans for small businesses.
  • New Yorkers without health insurance can apply through NY State of Health through July 15, 2020; must apply within 60 days of losing coverage.
  • Health care workers can text NYFRONTLINE to 741-741 to access 24/7 emotional support services. Any New Yorker can call the COVID-19 Emotional Support Hotline at 1-844-863-9314 for mental health counseling.
  • The deadline for New York State personal income tax and corporation tax returns has been extended from April 15, 2020 to July 15, 2020.

U.S.: (as of 2:33 p.m)

  • Total # of positive cases: 2,446,706 (yesterday: 2,398,491)
  • Total # of deaths: 124,749 (yesterday: 122,238)
  • Total # of recoveries: 663,562 (yesterday: 656,161)

Worldwide: (as of 2:33 p.m.)

  • Total # of positive cases: 9,682,414 (yesterday: 9,494,571)
  • Total # of deaths: 491,113 (yesterday: 484,155)
  • Total # of recoveries: 4,880,113 (yesterday: 4,782,924)

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

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