Oneida County, on Thursday, experienced a day of single-digit Covid-related hospitalizations, at nine.
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 5:39 PM
Posted By: Joleen Ferris
Oneida County, on Thursday, experienced a day of single-digit Covid-related hospitalizations, at nine.
"They've been going down steadily for better than a week now, which is great news," says Oneida County Director of Public Health, Dan Gilmore.
Gilmore says part of the reason is the age of those currently contracting the virus in the county.
"Older adults, I should say, are not the people necessarily becoming infected with Covid as much any more. Some certainly are, but it's more the younger people from the late 30s and younger that are the cases popping up every day that we see come across our desk," says Gilmore. "So we're getting younger people, presumably healthier and more robust, and they're not requiring hospitalization stays. They're quarantining, isolating at home and they're recovering with minimal medical interventon."