St. Lawrence reaches 300 confirmed cases of COVID-19

CANTON, NY —  The St. Lawrence County Public Health Department released the following statement.

As of Wednesday, September 9:

  • 4 (four) new cases of COVID-19 were reported to the St. Lawrence County Public Health Department today, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to-date to 300 (three hundred)

  • 18 (eighteen) cases are active – please go to: https://www.stlawco.org/ to check out the COVID-19 Cases by Town map layouts (we will also post the maps on our Facebook page @SLCPublicHealth)

  • 278 (two hundred and seventy eight) cases have been released from isolation*

  • 2 (two) cases are hospitalized.

  • 4 (four) deaths have occurred; this fatality data comes from the New York State Department of Health and was last updated on 9/9/20 before 2pm, (https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/views/NYS-COVID19-Tracker/NYSDOHCOVID-19Tracker-Fatalities?%3Aembed=yes&%3Atoolbar=no&%3Atabs=n)

  • 48,459 people have been tested for COVID-19 as of September 8th this testing data comes from the New York State Department of Health and was last updated on 9/9/20 before 2pm (https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/views/NYS-COVID19-Tracker/NYSDOHCOVID-19Tracker-Map?%3Aembed=yes&%3Atoolbar=no&%3Atabs=n).

  • Testing is being done through both St. Lawrence Health Systems and Claxton Hepburn Medical Center. Testing is by appointment only. Please call the hotline numbers below between 8a-4p 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