Another Onondaga County neighbor dies of COVID-19

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Onondaga County has lost another neighbor to COVID-19.  

County Executive Ryan McMahon announced via Twitter Thursday a woman in her “high 70s” passed away from the coronavirus. 

The last two days we had very good progress on new cases. It looks like tomorrow which is always the high day will be once again high. So we are likely to give up weekly case gains compared to last week. We need to continue to be smart be a credible messenger of the vaccine.

— County Executive Ryan McMahon (@CEJRyanMcMahon) August 26, 2021

• There are 78 new cases 
• 629 active cases  
• 21% of cases Household contacts 
• 30% of today’s cases were vaccinated 
• Only 5-of-the-78 cases today were under 11 
• 68 residents in Hospital 
• 8 in the ICU.