SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon opened Thursday’s coronavirus briefing at the Oncenter by saying that it would be the last one.
“This will be our last briefing related to COVID. At some point, we’ll keep the community posted and maybe do these moving forward related to the recovery from COVID, and of course if there’s anything that would happen that we thought was critical information related to public health and public safety, we of course would have a briefing,” McMahon said to open Thursday’s briefing.
The data, according to McMahon, indicates that “we need to turn the corner here and move forward.”
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McMahon reported no additional deaths from COVID-19. He also reported seven new cases, which increases the Onondaga County total case count to 38,082 since the first case was reported in March 2020.
Onondaga County currently has just 37 active cases, a figure that McMahon said in down again this week from about 46 last week. At its peak, early this year, the county had about 7,000 active cases.
“That’s the most important number … 37 active cases for a community of 465,000 people. We’re in very, very good shape,” the county executive said.
He also reported 13 people are recovering from COVID-19 in a hospital, including three in an intensive-care unit.
Through June 30, 65 percent of Onondaga County residents have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In breaking the figure down further, McMahon said 74 percent of people aged 18 and older have received the first dose. And as for age demographic data:
- 12 to 15 – 39.3 percent have received one shot;
- 16 to 19 – 45.9 percent have received one dose;
- 20 to 29 – 53.2 percent have received one shot;
- 30 to 39 – 58.8 percent have received one dose;
- 40 to 49 – 62.3 percent have received one shot;
- 50 to 59 – 68.1 percent have received one dose;
- 60 to 69 – 85.3 percent have received one shot;
- 70 to 79 – 96.6 percent, have received one shot, a percentage figure that McMahon described as “an amazing number.”
- 80 and above – 81.4 percent have received one shot
To close out the briefing, McMahon said in response to a reporter’s question, “The good news is we are not in a position where I need to be here once a week talking about this virus anymore. We’ve moved past that, and, knock on wood, hopefully we’re not in that position again.”
When McMahon first started his briefings in the spring of 2020, he held them daily.
