Covid’s grim milestone: Onondaga County reaches 700 deaths
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
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Syracuse, N.Y. – Two Onondaga County women in their 50s died from Covid-19 since Wednesday, a grim reminder that “the pandemic is still here,’' as the county health commissioner put it.
The most recent deaths bring the total to 700 fatalities from Covid-19 since the virus was first detected in Onondaga County last March.
During a news conference today, Dr. Indu Gupta urged county residents who have not yet been vaccinated to get a shot to help drive down transmission of the virus.
“Vaccines alone don’t do anything if they are sitting in the refrigerator, and that’s what we are up against at this point,’' Gupta said. “We really need people to come to our vaccination sites.”