Onondaga County reports 4 deaths in last day, hospitalizations fall

Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon (Photo by Eric Reinhardt/CNYBJ)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County reported four COVID-19 deaths in the latest day, bringing its total to 662 confirmed deaths since the pandemic started a year ago.

The deaths included a 71-year-old woman and three nursing-home residents, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said in a Wednesday afternoon tweet.

Hospitalizations resumed their weeks-long decline, falling by five to 52, as of the county executive’s Wednesday update. Eight of the 52 were in intensive-care units. The number of people sick with COVID in county hospitals peaked at 336 on Dec. 28 and has dropped precipitously since then, interrupted only by occasional small upticks.

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The seven-day average of positive coronavirus tests remained low in the latest day at 0.9 percent.

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