In the latest update of coronavirus cases locally, county health officials announced the seven new deaths. Oneida County has now lost 327 residents to the virus - 186 have died since Thanksgiving.
So far, the virus has killed 298 county residents.
The report also included 151 new positive cases, pushing the number of to-date infections to 16,646.
The number of known, active cases in the county increased by just 3, to 7, 109, but again that set a new high for the county for active cases at one time.
The hospitalization among Oneida County residents was relatively unchanged at 173.
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In Herkimer County, the number of new cases announced in Tuesday s report topped triple-digits, at 102.
The active case total in Herkimer County is 1,137.
Some good news, though, as there were no new deaths, while the number of county residents hospitalized with the virus dropped to 50, down from 57 the day prior.
Oneida, Herkimer: 5 Deaths Reported, New Cases Drop
It s now 54 days in a row that Oneida County has lost at least one residents to COVID-19.
Monday s report included news of three new deaths, as the county has now lost 295 lives to the deadly virus. More than half of those fatalities have come during that 54-day span mentioned above.
There were 155 new positive cases announced Monday, about half of the approximately 300 cases Oneida County has reported many times during the post holiday surge, is the lowest single day total in the county since Christmas Day.
Hospitalizations involving Oneida County residents was 175, with 160 in local hospitals and 15 outside the county.