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10 more in St. Lawrence County finish COVID isolation, two new infections

Posted 4/15/20

The St. Lawrence County Public Health Department reports 10 people have completed mandatory isolation for COVID-19, and two new infections have been reported. As of today, April 15, 48 people have …

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10 more in St. Lawrence County finish COVID isolation, two new infections

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The St. Lawrence County Public Health Department reports 10 people have completed mandatory isolation for COVID-19, and two new infections have been reported.

As of today, April 15, 48 people have completed mandatory isolation. The total number of infections is now 101, public health said.

The county, as of April 14, has tested 1,039 people for the coronavirus, public health said.

The New York State Department of Health defines release of Isolation by the following conditions:

· At least 3 days (72 hours) have passed defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications,

· Significant improvement in respiratory symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath); and,

· At least 7 days have passed since symptoms first appeared.

*This recommendation is non-test-based. Time-since-illness-onset and time-since-recovery is used. It should be noted that this recommendation will prevent most but cannot prevent all instances of secondary spread. The risk of transmission after recovery, is likely substantially less than that during illness; recovered persons will not be shedding large amounts of virus by this point if they are shedding at all.

The map of COVID-19 Cases by Town can be found at this link: https://www.stlawco.org/

All residents should continue to take these steps in order to protect our community:

- Stay home as much as possible

- When you must venture out for groceries or work, wear a face covering and stay 6 feet away from others

- Wash hands with soap for 20 seconds, often

- Clean & disinfect commonly touched surfaces regularly