Tri-county region reports 4 deaths, 84 cases of COVID-19 Covid-19 cases (Source: MGN) By 7 News Staff | February 8, 2021 at 6:19 PM EST - Updated February 8 at 6:22 PM
CANTON, N.Y. (WWNY) - The tri-county region is once again reporting a low number of new COVID-19 cases.
Combined, St. Lawrence, Lewis, and Jefferson counties are reporting 84 new cases of COVID-19.
For the past three days, the combined total has been less than 100, an indication that new cases in the north country are declining.
Jefferson County Legislature Chairman Scott Gray says this is a promising sign.
“People are more cautious, because they watch these numbers escalate. I think it scared a lot of people. People were at a heightened level of awareness to this whole situation,” Gray said.
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Monday, February 1, 2021 - 4:41 pm
Thirty-six new cases of COVID-19 were reported to St. Lawrence County Public Health today (Monday, Feb. 1), bringing the total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in the county to-date to 4,864.
Nine hundred twenty-two cases are active. Visit https://www.stlawco.org/ to check out the COVID-19 Cases by Town map layouts.
Public Health said 3,875 cases have been released from isolation.
Thirty-two cases are hospitalized.
Sixty-seven deaths have occurred; this fatality data comes from the New York State Department of Health and was last updated on Jan. 31 before 2 p.m.
Public Health said 182,607 COVID-19 tests have been performed as of Jan. 31 this testing data comes from the New York State Department of Health and was last updated on Jan. 31 before 2 p.m.
OGDENSBURG â The St. Lawrence County Deputies Association will be hosting an ice fishing derby with proceeds going to Sgt. Ryan Shelly to help in his fight against salivary gland cancer.
The derby is being held Feb. 6 from daylight until 5 p.m. All participants must be signed up by Feb 3.
The derby is open boundaries within St. Lawrence County and has a $20 entry fee. The association is urging participants to follow COVID-19 guidelines implemented by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and St. Lawrence County Public Health Department.
âA lot of people have said this is not how things are traditionally done and my response is, this isnât a traditional time and we have to make some adjustments,â County Detective Rick Engle said.