Seneca County Health Department

As a community, we must continue to practice safe behaviors until we are vaccinated, this is the only way to assess risk and ensure safety as it comes and goes.

As of February 3rd, COVID-19 cases are declining in the S2AY region, consisting of Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates Coun...ties. To see what the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, and Regional picture look like, click http://www.s2aynetwork.org/covid-19.html.

Sadly we report another death due to COVID. Please keep their family in your thoughts. We also report 5 new cases since our last update. Case investigation and contact tracing are underway. If you have questions about testing sites please go to the www.senecacountyhealthdepartment.com website and follow the links. If you have questions about vaccine clinics please go to the www.senecacountyhealthdepartment.com website and follow the links. OR you can go to the NYSDOH vaccine... page and check the "Am I Eligible?" link and follow the directions from there. Once we have more vaccine made available to us we will set up another clinic for 1a/1b eligible people. **If you are over age 65 please sign up for vaccine notifications with Kinney Drugs Pharmacy or Wegmans Pharmacy- THROUGH THEIR WEBSITES.- links are provided on our new website page.** Please be aware we CANNOT schedule more clinics until we have vaccine to cover those clinics. See more

Regrettably, we report 5 new deaths today. Please keep those families in your thoughts. All of them are in connection with the nursing home. We also have 33 new cases to report today- none of them are connected to the nursing home. Case investigation and contact tracing is underway at this time, please be patient as we continue to work through the ever increasing case load. Please stop the gatherings with people that you do not actually live with. It is simply adding to the... issue when you get together and spread the virus even further. Also, if you get a test and find out you are positive then please stay in isolation and if for some reason you have not been contacted by the Health Department within 24-48 hours of your result then please reach out because there have been some issues from labs reporting the cases to the Health Departments. Thank you. See more

February is Children’s Dental Health Month. It is important to get young children in the habit of brushing their teeth twice a day.

Today we have 35 new cases to report, 6 them are tied to the nursing home outbreak. Our seven day positivity rate for Seneca County is now at 8%.

Eligible New Yorkers can receive a vaccination through a network of State-run sites distributing vaccine statewide to determine eligibility and schedule appointments at New York State-run vaccination sites only, use the Am I Eligible app. Eligible New Yorkers can also make an appointment at a New York State operated vaccine site at ny.gov/vaccine or through the New York State COVID-19 Vaccination Hotline from 7am - 10pm, 7 days a week at 1-833-NYS-4-VAX (1-833-697-4829). Due to limited supply of the COVID vaccine from the federal government, it could take up to 14 weeks or longer for eligible New Yorkers to schedule their vaccine shot. https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home

Since our last update just three days ago we have added 93 new cases of COVID for Seneca County. The spread from holiday get togethers is certainly evidenced in the contact tracing of these cases unfortunately. We anticipate many more cases to come from those gatherings as many of the quarantined contacts of the positive cases are starting to show symptoms. The hospitalization rate for our county is around 9%. The rolling seven day positivity rate for Seneca County is up to 10.4%.

Unfortunately, we report 2 more COVID deaths- connected to the nursing home outbreak. Please keep these families in your thoughts at this time. We also report 32 new cases as well. Notifications and contact tracing is underway for all cases and contacts. In the past five updates we have added 137 cases- in just five updates. Our staff is working very hard here every single day to keep up with constant stream of ever increasing cases so please be patient if you call with a question. The seven day positivity rate for Seneca county is currently 8.7%.

Sadly, we report another COVID death today. Please keep the family in your thoughts during this time. We also have 30 new cases today as well. In addition, we report we have had our second confirmed reinfection of COVID-19 in a Seneca County resident. This person had a lab confirmed case back in the Spring, recovered, and became sick again this December with a new lab confirmed COVID-19 infection.

We have 30 new cases to report, 17 them are tied to the nursing home outbreak. Our seven day positivity rate for Seneca County is now at 7.6%.

None of the COVID-19 vaccines currently in development in the United States uses the live virus that causes COVID-19. You may have symptoms like a fever after you get a vaccine. This is normal and a sign that your immune system is learning how to recognize and fight the virus that causes COVID-19. Learn more about the facts behind COVID-19 vaccines: https://www.cdc.gov//vac/about-vaccines/vaccine-myths.html

We have 11 new cases to report, none of them are tied to the nursing home outbreak. We also have 2 deaths to report- both of them are tied to the nursing home. Please think of those that are going through a very difficult time right now. Our seven day positivity rate for Seneca County is now up to 7.7%.

Are you asymptomatic and looking for a FREE COVID-19 test? The Seneca County Public Health is offering Free COVID-19 testing to asymptomatic people each Monday from 9am-12pm. To attend:... *You must pre-register *You must wear a mask *You must not be experiencing any COVID-19 related symptoms *You must have ID *This is a walk in clinic, this is not a drive-thru clinic To pre-register click the following link: https://apps.health.ny.gov/doh2/applinks/cdmspr/2/counties

Know the facts.

Here is the update up through the end of Monday. We are sad to report that we have 6 deaths to report- 5 of those are tied to the nursing home. Please keep the people connected to them in your thoughts at this time. We also have 20 new cases to report, none of them are tied to the nursing home outbreak. Our seven day positivity rate for Seneca County is 7.4%.