With more people being discharged from mandatory isolation, the number of active coronavirus cases in Cayuga County is now in single digits.聽
No new cases were reported in the county Tuesday. The total confirmed cases stands at 46, 39 of whom recovered from the illness.聽
Six people who recently tested positive for COVID-19 remain in mandatory isolation. There are 43 people in mandatory quarantine, which means they had direct contact with a positive case.聽
After 13 new cases last week, there have been two new cases in the last five days 鈥 a sign the virus is slowing in Cayuga County. Nearly one-quarter of the cases were announced on April 9, when the Cayuga County Health Department announced 11 people tested for COVID-19.聽
The county has received 730 COVID-19 test results 鈥 46 positives, 684 negatives. The health department is awaiting the results of 19 tests.聽
Onondaga County, Cayuga County's most populated neighbor, reported 19 new COVID-19 confirmed cases and one additional death on Tuesday. That county has now had 667 positive test results and 22 coronavirus-related deaths.
Two new Onondaga County cases were reported in towns that border Cayuga County. A new case in Lysander brought the total there to 19, and one more case in Skaneateles, which is up to 14. Both Elbridge and Spafford remained at two confirmed cases.
For the other counties that border Cayuga, Tompkins has the most confirmed cases at 123, but its numbers did not increase from Monday to Tuesday. Oswego (56 cases) and Cortland (32 cases) counties also were unchanged, while Wayne reported one new case to bring its total to 57. Seneca County had not posted an update for Tuesday as of 5 p.m. after reporting total cases at 33 as of Monday.
Statewide, 251,690 people have tested positive for COVID-19. An encouraging trend is that the number of new positive cases has been declining for the last week. Since Monday, 4,178 people tested positive for the coronavirus, down from 11,571 in a 24-hour period one week ago.聽
The state's coronavirus death toll increased to 14,828. One death has been reported in Cayuga County. A vast majority of the deaths are in New York City and downstate counties.
Politics reporter Robert Harding can be reached at (315) 282-2220 or robert.harding@lee.net. Follow him on Twitter @robertharding.
