COVID-19 Numbers for Saturday, January 30th
It was another day of condolences for Oneida and Herkimer Counties as more deaths were reported today from COVID-19. Six people died in Oneida County and there was one new death in Herkimer County.
Oneida County had 141 new positive cases for a total of 3,801 active positive cases. 119 Oneida County residents are hospitalized and being treated for the virus. Herkimer County added 37 new cases for an active case total of 807. 35 Herkimer county sidings are hospitalized with the virus.
The focus for so many people continues to be the lack of vaccine availability. SUNY POLY in Marcy continues vaccinate residents but no new appointments are being made. Oneida County continues to be out of the vaccine, and released this statement on Saturday.
Observer-Dispatch
Oneida County reported three more COVID-19-related deaths and 72 new cases Friday, bringing the death toll to 334 and total cases to 17,882.
On Thursday, the county gave 212 people their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at its point of distribution, or POD, at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, according to the county. And it vaccinated another 309 people with their first dose at the county’s POD at Griffiss International Airport in Rome.
In total, the county has given first doses and second doses to those who are ready for them to 5,353 people, using up all the vaccine allocated to the county by the state.
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.