Eighty-eight cases have been released from isolation, the department said in a press release.

Nine cases are currently hospitalized.

As of April 26, 1,446 people have been tested for COVID-19. This testing data comes from the New York State Department of Health and was last updated on April 27 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 or feel you should be tested:

• St. Lawrence Health System, 315-261-6240

• Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, 315-713-6655

• St. Lawrence County Public Health Department, 315-229-3448

St. Lawrence County is still seeing an increase in cases, Public Health said. Public Health stressed that the region has not reached its peak. It is very important that all residents continue to stay home as much as possible, wear a face covering and stay six feet away from others when venturing out for groceries, medical care, or work, wash hands with soap for 20 seconds often, and clean and disinfect commonly touched surfaces regularly, 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. said Public Health. 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.

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