Oneida-Herkimer COVID Update for February 9
Oneida and Herkimer counties once again reported a relatively low number of new COVID positive cases on Tuesday, but there were a total of six local virus deaths.
Oneida County added 32 new COVID positive cases, along with one new death. That death involved a nursing home resident, and the county has now lost a total of 366 residents to the virus.
Active cases in the county fell to 1,074. Hospitalizations among county residents continued to decline, now at 88. Of those, 77 are hospitalized in area hospitalized and 11 more are being cared for outside of the county.
Herkimer County reported 5 new virus deaths in its update on Tuesday, upping the death toll there to 87.
Oneida and Herkimer counties reported fewer than 100 new positive cases combined in the latest numbers out Monday, however, each county did report new virus-related deaths.
While new COVID-19 cases and active cases are declining in Oneida and Herkimer counties, the two combined to report seven new deaths in Friday's update.
Better news continued in the Mohawk Valley Wednesday, as the latest coronavirus updates from Oneida and Herkimer counties continued to indicate we are coming down from winter spike that many saw was brought on by holiday gatherings and travel. However, a glance at the data shows an alarming jump in the number of virus-caused deaths in Herkimer County.