Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon, seen here speaking at the Oncenter in November, on Wednesday reported 18 people have died from a COVID-19 infection since Tuesday. The figure includes 13 people who have died in a nursing home, per updated figures from the state. (Eric Reinhardt / CNYBJ)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon on Wednesday reported 18 new COVID-19 deaths. He called it “crushing news.”
The Wednesday figure includes 13 people who died in state-regulated nursing homes, McMahon said during a Facebook Live briefing on Wednesday. The New York State Department of Health updated the figure with no other information.
“I don’t know if they died over the last 24 hours or 48 hours or 72, but that was reported, so it will go in under the assumption that they died over the last 24 hours,” McMahon said in his Facebook Live remarks.
The Wednesday death total also includes five people who died in a hospital — two 79-year-old males, a 66-year-old man, a 92-year-old female, and a 64-year-old female, McMahon said in a Facebook Live briefing on Wednesday afternoon.
The county executive said 299 Onondaga County residents are currently in a hospital with COVID-19. There were 37 new admissions and 24 discharges in the last day.
McMahon also reported 297 new coronavirus cases since Tuesday, representing the third straight day that the infection figure has been under 300. Wednesday has traditionally been a “busier” day with virus-case figures because it usually includes a backlog of data from weekend testing.
“When you look at where we were a week ago … [466 cases] … We’ve now had three straight days in that 275 to 300 range. [Thursday’s] usually the worst day for us with new cases. Earlier indicators are … maybe a little bit higher than where we are today but it doesn’t look like we’re going to be in that 400 range. So, that’s positive,” McMahon said.
He added that it’s up to the community as to how much the daily-case figure declines in the days ahead. The county executive is hoping that people are reevaluating their gathering plans for the holiday season with “severe modifications.”
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