Oneida County has reported three coronavirus-related deaths Monday, along with 61 new positive cases.
The deaths which involve a nursing home resident bring the county’s total to 347.
The new cases which involve eight nursing home residents bring the county’s total to 18,143. One case was removed from the previous total upon further investigation.
Oneida County had has 3,186 active cases as of Monday afternoon, with 14,610 having been resolved.
There were 112 patients hospitalized in Oneida County, with 97 in the Mohawk Valley Health System and 15 at Rome Memorial Hospital. Twenty-five of the patients are nursing home residents.
Twelve people are hospitalized outside the county.
New York state opened its own COVID-19 vaccination site at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Marcy on Tuesday.
But that doesn’t mean appointments are available.
On Tuesday afternoon, a state website was showing that there were no appointments left for the site. And county health departments, hospitals and pharmacies say they can’t offer more appointments until they get more vaccine and for the most part, they don’t know when that will be.
Oneida County will be able to offer some appointments once 500 doses promised by the state arrives, possibly Thursday, said county Executive Anthony Picente Jr. But that’s only enough to keep the county vaccination sites at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica and Griffiss International Airport in Rome supplied for about a day, he said.
Oneida County Suspends Vaccine Distribution Due To Lack Of Supply
Oneida County is the latest source of COVID-19 vaccine to suspend distribution due to a lack of supply.
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente says, Unfortunately, due to a reduced vaccine allotment from the State of New York, we will be forced to suspend our operations on Thursday, January 21st, 2021. He went on to assure residents that his office stands ready and willing to work with state and federal officials to get people in Oneida County their shots.
The suspension of the vaccine distribution does not apply to those who are scheduled to get their second dose of the shot. There are doses allocated for those individuals.