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Another person dead from COVID-19 in St. Lawrence County

Posted 9/16/21

Another person has died from COVID-19, according to public health officials and new cases climbed to 114 as of Sept. 16. COVID by the numbers in St. Lawrence County: Total number of confirmed …

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Another person dead from COVID-19 in St. Lawrence County

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Another person has died from COVID-19, according to public health officials and new cases climbed to 114 as of Sept. 16.

COVID by the numbers in St. Lawrence County:

Total number of confirmed positives to-date: 9,805

Active cases: 643

Released from isolation: 9,051

Hospitalizations: 21

Deaths: 111

Total number of tests performed to date: 380,182

% of Fully vaccinated in St. Lawrence County: 52.1

% of St. Lawrence County positivity rate: 5.69

The St. Lawrence County Public Health Department is currently holding COVID-19 Vaccination clinics every Monday and Wednesday at 80 St. Hwy 310, Suite 2, Canton. To make an appointment, call 315-229-3452.

Vaccinations are available at local pharmacies.

If you or someone you know is homebound and is interested in receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, call Public Health at 315-386-2325.

Testing is being done at the locations listed below. Some urgent cares and provider offices are also performing testing. Testing is by appointment only.

Call the hotline numbers below between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. if you have symptoms or feel you should be tested:

· St. Lawrence Health System: 315-261-6240

· Claxton Hepburn Medical Center: 315-713-6655

· Clifton-Fine Hospital: 315-848-8049

· Community Health Center of the North Country (Canton): 315-379-8132

COVID cases continued to drop at St. Lawrence, SUNY Canton and SUNY Potsdam, with Clarkson also seeing a slight decline.

St. Lawrence University

St. Lawrence University has 69 active cases among students and no active employee cases.

No students are in mandatory campus quarantine.

There have been 230 confirmed cases since Aug. 11.

One-hundred sixty-one have recovered.

To date, 9,600 tests have been conducted since Aug. 11, with 175 tests pending results.

All St. Lawrence University students are vaccinated.

SUNY Canton

SUNY Canton reports 4 active student cases in the previous 14 days.

One employee has tested positive.

In total, 1815 tests have been conducted with 1809 negative in the previous 14 days.

Positivity rate is 0.3%.

Three students are isolated on-campus with one isolated off-campus.

SUNY Potsdam

SUNY Potsdam reports four active cases of students on campus and 18 active cases off campus for a total of 22.

Two active cases among employees remain.

The 14 day positivity rate is 0.91%.

Clarkson University

Clarkson University reports 11 active cases on their Potsdam campus.

No active cases remain on their other campuses.

Two have recovered in Potsdam, with one recovery on their other campuses.

Total cases include student and employee numbers.