Oneida County Adds 66 New Cases, New Death As Second Wave Continues

Oneida County health officials reported another COVID-19 death on Monday, the ninth coronavirus death this month and 138th since the pandemic began.

The county also added 66 new cases on Monday, as upstate New York's second wave of the virus continued to grow larger than the first. Oneida County's active cases total is now 811, more than double the county's active case peak during the first wave (401 on June 1).

In the last seven days, the county has added 529 new cases. To-date, the county has 3,630 total cases. In other words, 14.5% of the of all the cases the county has seen since March have come in the last week.

In addition to the more than 800 active cases, another 1,700 county residents are under quarantine, meaning they're possibly infected.

And, more bad news, the number of county residents hospitalized with the virus is now up to 40 - 30 locally at MVHS and ten more outside of the county.

County health officials also released the following potential public health exposures on Monday:

11/2/20

Time of exposure: 2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

Place of exposure: Price Chopper

Address of exposure: 1790 Black River Blvd N., Rome

Wore mask: Yes

Symptom Monitoring period: through 11/16/20

 

11/3/20

Time of exposure: 4:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Place of exposure: Utica City Hall (voting site)

Address of exposure: 1 Kennedy Plaza, Utica

Wore mask: Yes

Symptom Monitoring period: through 11/17/20

Time of exposure: 6 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Place of exposure: Hannaford

Address of exposure: 1122 Mohawk Street, Utica

Wore mask: Yes

Symptom Monitoring period: through 11/17/20

11/6/20

Time of exposure:  1 p.m. to 7 p.m. (employee shift)

Place of exposure: Nothing Bundt Cakes

Address of exposure: 4759 Commercial Drive, New Hartford

Wore mask: Yes

Symptom Monitoring period: through 11/20/20

 

Time of exposure: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Place of exposure: Nail Creek Pub & Brewery

Address of exposure: 720 Varick Street, Utica

Wore mask: Yes, except when seated.

Symptom Monitoring period: through 11/20/20

 

11/7/20

Time of exposure: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Place of exposure: Westmoreland Golf Course

Address of exposure: 6906 Fairway Drive, Westmoreland

Wore mask: Yes, except when seated to ea.t

Symptom monitoring period: through 11/21/20

 

Time of exposure:  12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Place of exposure: T.J. Maxx

Address of exposure: Consumer Square, New Hartford

Wore mask: Yes

Symptom Monitoring period: through 11/21/20

 

Time of exposure: 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Place of exposure: Woodland Farm Brewery

Address of exposure:  6002 Trenton Road, Utica

Wore mask: Yes, except when seated.

Symptom Monitoring period: through 11/21/20

 

Time of exposure:  3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Place of exposure: Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

Address of exposure: 4636 Commercial Drive, New Hartford

Wore mask: Yes, except when seated.

Symptom Monitoring period: through 11/21/20

 

11/8/20

Time of exposure: 9 a.m. to  9:25 a.m.

Place of exposure:  BJ's Wholesale Club

Address of exposure: 400 River Road, Utica

Wore mask: Yes

Symptom monitoring period:  through 11/22/20

Time of exposure: 9:30 a.m. to 9:35 a.m.

Place of exposure: BJ’s Gas Station

Address of exposure: 400 River Road, Utica

Wore mask: Yes

Symptom monitoring period: through 11/22/20

Time of exposure:  10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Place of exposure: Lowe's

Address of exposure:    710 Horatio Street, Utica

Wore mask:  Yes

Symptom monitoring period: through 11/22/20

Time of exposure:  11 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.

Place of exposure: Harbor Freight Tools

Address of exposure:    5127 Commercial Drive, Yorkville

Wore mask:  Yes

Symptom monitoring period: through 11/22/20

Time of exposure:  3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Place of exposure: Walmart

Address of exposure: Consumer Square, New Hartford

Wore mask: Yes

Symptom Monitoring period: through 11/22/20

Time of exposure:  5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Place of exposure: Five Guys

Address of exposure: 4829 Commercial Drive, New Hartford

Wore mask: Yes

Symptom Monitoring period: through 11/22/20

 

11/9/20

Time of exposure:  12 p.m. to 12:25 p.m.

Place of exposure: Bass Pro Shops Tracker Boat Center

Address of exposure:    724 Horatio Street, Utica

Wore mask:  Yes

Symptom monitoring period: through 11/23/20

 

11/10/20

Time of exposure:  12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Place of exposure: Jay-K Lumber

Address of exposure:    8448 Seneca Turnpike, New Hartford

Wore mask:  Yes

Symptom monitoring period: through 11/24/20

 

Time of exposure:  1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Place of exposure: Aldi

Address of exposure: 8432 Seneca Turnpike, New Hartford

Wore mask:  Yes

Symptom monitoring period: through 11/24/20

 

11/11/20

Time of exposure: 7:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Place of exposure:  Accelerate Sports

Address of exposure: 5241 Judd Road, Whitesboro

Wore mask:     Yes

Symptom monitoring period: through 11/25/20

Herkimer County reported ten new cases on Monday, pushing their active case total up to 98, the highest it has ever been.

There are two county residents hospitalized with the virus.

Since the pandemic began, Herkimer County has had 407 confirmed cases of coronavirus and ten deaths attributed to it.

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