Oneida County reports zero COVID-19 infections in last day

UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County officials on Thursday reported that the county had 0 new coronavirus cases in the last day out of nearly 2,000 tests.

That continues a streak of low daily positives that have reduced the number of active COVID-19 cases in the county by nearly half in the last few days.

Oneida County also reported the following coronavirus statistics on Thursday:

• the number of positives stayed at 2,386
• 55 active positive cases (down from 63 on Wednesday and 91 on Sunday)
• No new COVID-19-related deaths, 123 total
• 5 patients are hospitalized in Oneida County (all at MVHS), down 1 from yesterday
• 2,208 infected people have recovered, up 8 from Wednesday
• 140,861 total negative results
• 143,247 total tests have been conducted
• 55 in mandatory isolation, down 8 from a day prior
• 533 in mandatory quarantine, down from 594 yesterday

The county’s infection rate was 0 percent in the last day, with no positives out of 1,980 total tests.