Cayuga County issued the following announcement on Oct. 2.
New cases
Tuesday, September 29, 2020 – one new case
• A female in her twenties, living outside the City of Auburn.
Contact tracing is complete.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 – two new cases/ 3 hospitalized cases
• A male in his fifties, living outside the City of Auburn
• A male in his sixties living inside the City of Auburn
Contact tracing is complete for this case.
Thursday, October 1, 2020 – two new cases/ 3 hospitalized cases
• A female in her twenties, living outside the City of Auburn
• A female in her thirties, living inside the City of Auburn
Contact tracing is complete for these cases
Friday, October 2, 2020 – one new case/ 2 hospitalized cases
• A male in his sixties, living outside the City of Auburn.
Active Cases in Mandatory Quarantine/ Isolation
197 in Mandatory Quarantine
18 in Mandatory Isolation
Hospitalized Cases
Currently there are two Cayuga County residents hospitalized.
Confirmed Cases – total year to date
There have been a total of 221 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Cayuga County.
Discharges- total year to date
There have been 200 individuals discharged from Mandatory Isolation
Deaths
There have been three Cayuga County deaths related to COVID-19.
Additional Information
It has become more evident in recent weeks that the uptick in COVID-19 cases in our county is related to community spread/transmission of the virus for a variety of reasons including; more people attending large gatherings, exposures in church/worship services and schools reopening.
Not only are we seeing more community spread of the virus, but our more recent positive cases have had many more contacts being placed into mandatory quarantine recently. As we have in the past, we are strongly encouraging that people keep their circles small. Our department cannot emphasize this enough. The more gatherings we attend, the more times we frequent stores, the more activities our children participate in, all presents an increased risk of exposure.
We are strongly encouraging the public to practice safe social distancing by staying six feet apart from others both indoors and outdoors, wearing a face covering both indoors and outdoors when safe social distancing (six feet apart) cannot be maintained.
Use of face coverings, except for persons medically exempt, is required of all people over age 2 in public settings indoors and outdoors when safe social distancing is not performed. Business owners and operators are required to uphold these regulations or deny admittance to the business. Enforcement action against violators continues.
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