Wednesday was the deadliest day yet during the COVID-19 pandemic in Onondaga County. 18 people lost their fight to the virus in 24 hours. 5 of them died in local hospitals and 13 died in nursing homes, according to state records. County Executive Ryan McMahon said the community will suffer more loss if people do not modify their plans in the coming weeks.
“I think with all the sobering data that we’ve seen of the residents we’ve lost. Hopefully people are reevaluating some of their plans for the holidays,” said McMahon.
Community Testing program was a huge success as we found a cluster at an assisted living facility. We were at 4 different assisted facilities today and now will be able to get proper care days immediately to these residents.
— County Executive Ryan McMahon (@CEJRyanMcMahon) December 16, 2020
While the day’s death toll reached a record, coronavirus data elsewhere in the county stayed largely stable. New daily caseloads remained under 300 for the third straight day and hospital capacity is not an issue. McMahon said these numbers seem to be the new trend, as opposed to caseloads that exceeded 400 just last week.
