CANTON â Two new deaths were logged at the Canton Rehabilitation and Senior Care facility Wednesday, bringing the siteâs total coronavirus-related fatalities to five.
The Canton nursing home, 205 Canton-Madrid Road, reported its first COVID deaths Monday, with zero additional deaths Tuesday. In its Wednesday update, United Helpers reports eight new staff positives since Tuesday.
A total of 82 people â 46 staff and 36 residents â have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since an outbreak began Nov. 29. One person is hospitalized, and 34 people have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
At the Ogdensburg Rehabilitation and Senior Care facility, 8101 Route 68, no new cases have been logged since Monday. The site has recorded 207 positive coronavirus test results â 128 residents and 79 staff â since the weekend of Nov. 21.
Coronavirus cases climbed sharply across the North Country since Christmas, with more than 800 new cases and 12 deaths reported around the region in recent days.
United Helpers manages over 30 facilities in St. Lawrence County, including senior housing, nursing homes, and group homes. Photo: Julia Ritchey
Dec 28, 2020 Since late November, 25 nursing home residents have died due to COVID-19 at two United Helpers facilities in St. Lawrence County.
The outbreak at the facility in Ogdensburg began around Thanksgiving. Since then, 207 cases have been linked to United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care facility in Ogdensburg, with 128 residents testing positive and 22 residents dying due to the disease as of Monday, Dec. 28.
Five people from the facility are currently hospitalized with COVID-19.
The virus also began to spread in late November at the two United Helpers facilities in Canton. At the Rehabilitation and Senior Care, 73 cases have been linked to the facility, including 36 residents.
COVID-19: A year in review
COVID-19: A year in review By Lexi Bruening | December 28, 2020 at 4:17 PM EST - Updated December 28 at 6:18 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - 2020 was a year for the history books.
What started as a routine year quickly became something no one could have prepared for.
March began, and the world was turned upside down.
“When I talk about the most drastic action we can take, this is the most drastic action we can take,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said back in March, when he asked businesses to keep 100% of their workforce at home.
Businesses and restaurants closed. People lost their jobs.
OGDENSBURG â When 8-year-old Alexis Haught heard about the COVID-19 outbreak at United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care facility, she knew she wanted to do something to help the residents and employees there.
âItâs Christmas time, and with everything going on, I thought it would be nice to write some Christmas Cards,â she said in a press release from United Helpers, adding that over the course of one weekend she created 90 cards.
While she wasnât sure exactly how long it took, Alexis said she spent a âcouple hoursâ each day working on the cards. âIt made me feel really happy,â she said.