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