Oneida County Suffers 400th COVID Death
While new positive cases of coronavirus are staying relatively low locally, Oneida County has reported another COVID death, it s 400th since the pandemic began.
The latest death is not reflected in data below, but here is a look at the number of deaths by age group, according to Oneida County health officials:
Numbers of COVID-19 deaths by age group for Oneida County through early March, 2021 (via OCgov.net)
It s clear older demographic is most vulnerable to the virus, as the above graph shows 345 of the 400 deaths are 65-plus.
Oneida County reported 33 new positive cases in Friday s report. The new cases increased the county s active case total to 456, up by only 5, but ending a three-week run that saw active cases decline each day.
Again No Local COVID Deaths, New Cases Remain Low
Make if five straight days that Oneida County has gone without a COVID-19 death.
As we mentioned in Monday s report, five consecutive days is the longest the county has gone without a virus-related fatality since Halloween. There were 32 new COVID positive cases added in the latest report on Tuesday. To date, Oneida County has seen 19,712 lab-confirmed cases of the virus.
The active case total was down slights from the previous day, falling from 495 to 484. Monday s report marked the first time in nearly four months that county s active case number dipped below 500.
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Utica-area is down, but once again there were new deaths reported in the latest update from local health officials on Tuesday.
The county's own statistics provided daily to local media reflect more than 5,400 lab confirmed, COVID positive test results - a discrepancy of almost 1,000 cases in that county alone.