By Dave Smith
Apr 20, 2021
Syracuse, N.Y. - Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon announced today the county has 62 new cases of COVID 19.
McMahon sadly announced there were two deaths to report, both men. One 89 and the other 64 years of age.
The 7 day positivity average is 1.5%. McMahon said 91% of the cases are people under the age of 60.
He also said 62 people are in the hospital with 11 in ICU.
McMahon said yesterday that COVID-19 testing is being scaled down in the county. Symptomatic testing will no longer be offered at the CNY Regional Market s F Shed as of Friday.
Anyone experiencing symptoms is asked to get tested at either Upstate Community Hospital or the State Fairgrounds.
Covid-19 tests no longer given at F Shed; go to Community Hospital or State Fair instead
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William Paolo was working with other patients in the emergency room when Onondaga County’s first COVID-19 patient arrived. The county announced its first two cases, a woman in her 70s and her husband, on March 16, 2020.
Soon enough, the emergency room at Upstate Community Hospital was divided with barriers separating patients who had COVID-19 symptoms cough, fever, loss of taste or smell from others. But doctors were careful never to call it the “coronavirus side.”