Edited 11:57 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11 to clarify the case over the weekend was a lab error, not a false positive

No new COVID-19 cases were reported to St. Lawrence County Public Health over the weekend or on Monday, Aug. 10.

The St. Lawrence County Public Health Department reports that it received notice of a positive COVID-19 case on Aug. 4, which has since been determined to be due to a lab error.

As part of a quality check performed by the reference laboratory used by the clinic that administered the test to a St. Lawrence County patient initially, it was determined that the test was processed correctly, but analyzed incorrectly.

After investigation, inaccuracy of the results was due to human error, said Public Health.

The investigation by the New York State Department of Health determined that the reference laboratory had a staff person who analyzed these results inaccurately.

The individual who was initially determined to be positive has been released from isolation and the contacts of this individual have been released from quarantine.

For more information about types of testing and accuracy visit https://www.fda.gov/media/140161/download.

"The St. Lawrence County Public Health Department recognizes that people who test positive and their contacts incur stress from the situation. We greatly appreciate the cooperation we receive through completion of our investigations," said a statement from Public Health.

The total number of confirmed positive cases to-date is 260.

Two cases are active. Visit https://www.stlawco.org/ to check out the COVID-19 Cases by Town map layouts.

Two hundred and fifty four cases have been released from isolation.

No cases are hospitalized.

Four deaths have occurred; this fatality data comes from the New York State Department of Health and was last updated on Aug. 10 before 2 p.m.

Public Health said 30,380 people have been tested for COVID-19 as of Aug. 9 this testing data comes from the New York State Department of Health and was last updated on Aug. 10 before 2 p.m.

Testing is being done through both St. Lawrence Health Systems and Claxton Hepburn Medical Center. Testing is by appointment only.

Call the hotline numbers below between 8 a.m.-4 p.m. if you have symptoms, you are an essential worker 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.