
Oneida County Adds New Coronavirus Cases on Saturday
After a spike in COVID-19 cases on Friday, Oneida County's number for new cases leveled out on Saturday.
There were 15 new cases added on Friday connected to a house party in Oneida Castle and 7 new positive cases as of noon on Saturday, according to the Oneida County Health Department. That brings the Toal number of positive COVID-19 cases in Oneida County since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,577. One case was removed from yesterday's count. Three county patients are hospitalized and one of those is from a nursing home. There are no new COVID-19 deaths in the county.
Here are the Oneida County COVID-19 case numbers as of 12 p.m.
- 7 new positive cases, 2,577* total. *(Upon further investigation, 1 positive case was removed from the previous total.)
- 115 active positive cases.
- No new COVID-19-related deaths, 128 total.
- 3 patients are hospitalized in Oneida County at MVHS. (1 is a nursing home resident)
- 2,334 positive cases have been resolved.
- 188,323 total negative results.
- 190,900 total tests have been conducted.
- 115 in mandatory isolation.
- 691 in mandatory quarantine.
There were also a handful of possible public exposures in the county.
Potential Public Exposures
10/08/20
Time of exposure: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Place of exposure: J.C. Penney
Address of exposure: Sangertown Square, New Hartford
Wore mask: Yes
Symptom Monitoring period: through 10/22/20
10/13/20
Time of exposure: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Place of exposure: Hannaford
Address of exposure: 55 Meadow St., Clinton
Wore mask: Yes
Symptom Monitoring period: through 10/27/20
10/14/20
Time of exposure: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Place of exposure: J.C. Penney
Address of exposure: Sangertown Square, New Hartford
Wore mask: Yes
Symptom Monitoring period: through 10/28/20
Time of exposure: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Place of exposure: Rite Aid
Address of exposure: 208 Herkimer Road, Utica
Wore mask: Yes
For more information on the virus in Oneida County, check the health department dashboard here.