SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — For the first time in two days, there were fewer than 400 new cases of COVID-19 in Onondaga County, but hospitalizations slightly increased throughout the county Sunday.
According to Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon, 304 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Onondaga County over the past 24 hours. The county’s COVID-19 positivity rate over the past 24 hours was 4.7%.
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increased by seven in Onondaga County, with 315 Onondaga County residents now in the hospital battling the virus.
Tragically, five more people in Onondaga County lost their lives to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Sunday marks the 21st consecutive day Onondaga County lost at least one person to COVID-19. Since the pandemic began, 354 people in Onondaga County have lost their lives to COVID-19.
COVID-19 deaths announced across Central New York Sunday:
- Oneida County – 6
- Onondaga County – 5
- Lewis County – 2
- Cortland County – 1
- Jefferson County – 1
Across the Central New York region, 6.7% of COVID-19 test results reported to the state Saturday were positive. This number has been relatively unchanged over the past few days.
About 28% of all hospital beds in the Central New York region are also available. If a region has fewer than 15% of their hospital beds available, they may be subject to an Orange or Red Zone by the New York State Health Department.
Statewide COVID-19 data from Saturday, released by the State Health Department on Sunday:
- Test Results Reported – 197,251
- Tested Positive – 9,957
- Percent Positive – 5.05%
- Patient Hospitalization – 6,185 (-23)
- Patients Newly Admitted – 822
- Number ICU – 1,045 (-43)
- Number ICU with Intubation – 600 (-10)
- Total Discharges – 95,307 (+728)
- Deaths – 123
- Total Deaths – 28,598
COVID-19 positive rates for all ten regions in New York State over the past three days:
| REGION | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| Capital Region | 6.49% | 6.78% | 6.89% |
| Central New York | 6.89% | 6.98% | 6.70% |
| Finger Lakes | 8.31% | 8.45% | 8.34% |
| Long Island | 6.08% | 6.19% | 6.30% |
| Mid-Hudson | 6.17% | 6.27% | 6.36% |
| Mohawk Valley | 8.21% | 8.24% | 8.18% |
| New York City | 4.14% | 4.22% | 4.24% |
| North Country | 4.51% | 4.59% | 4.99% |
| Southern Tier | 2.48% | 2.46% | 2.49% |
| Western New York | 6.57% | 6.64% | 6.37% |
| Statewide | 5.25% | 5.36% | 5.38% |
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there have been 848,042 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New York State.
Breakdown of cases by county:
| County | Total Positive | New Positive |
| Albany | 9,174 | 177 |
| Allegany | 1,559 | 22 |
| Broome | 7,004 | 66 |
| Cattaraugus | 2,037 | 26 |
| Cayuga | 2,020 | 67 |
| Chautauqua | 2,770 | 50 |
| Chemung | 4,083 | 55 |
| Chenango | 972 | 10 |
| Clinton | 795 | 18 |
| Columbia | 1,352 | 15 |
| Cortland | 1,713 | 25 |
| Delaware | 581 | 15 |
| Dutchess | 10,238 | 148 |
| Erie | 36,400 | 447 |
| Essex | 439 | 9 |
| Franklin | 576 | 18 |
| Fulton | 1,032 | 35 |
| Genesee | 2,041 | 41 |
| Greene | 987 | 18 |
| Hamilton | 82 | 1 |
| Herkimer | 1,451 | 50 |
| Jefferson | 1,302 | 37 |
| Lewis | 655 | 17 |
| Livingston | 1,398 | 46 |
| Madison | 1,865 | 45 |
| Monroe | 27,748 | 689 |
| Montgomery | 948 | 40 |
| Nassau | 76,322 | 901 |
| Niagara | 6,845 | 136 |
| NYC | 380,473 | 3,244 |
| Oneida | 9,405 | 227 |
| Onondaga | 17,586 | 319 |
| Ontario | 2,508 | 62 |
| Orange | 21,072 | 196 |
| Orleans | 1,056 | 38 |
| Oswego | 2,782 | 58 |
| Otsego | 1,005 | 15 |
| Putnam | 4,127 | 50 |
| Rensselaer | 3,168 | 77 |
| Rockland | 25,275 | 151 |
| Saratoga | 4,096 | 88 |
| Schenectady | 4,488 | 111 |
| Schoharie | 418 | 10 |
| Schuyler | 441 | 13 |
| Seneca | 586 | 20 |
| St. Lawrence | 1,584 | 38 |
| Steuben | 2,785 | 76 |
| Suffolk | 82,134 | 1,145 |
| Sullivan | 2,697 | 58 |
| Tioga | 1,471 | 20 |
| Tompkins | 1,781 | 53 |
| Ulster | 4,850 | 59 |
| Warren | 836 | 3 |
| Washington | 641 | 7 |
| Wayne | 1,977 | 40 |
| Westchester | 62,940 | 535 |
| Wyoming | 1,069 | 16 |
| Yates | 402 | 4 |
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