Onondaga County health officials Saturday announced another death related to COVID-19. County Health Commissioner Dr. Indu Gupta said a man in his late 80s with "significant underlying health conditions" and had been hospitalized. No other information was released.
"These families can't mourn the way they should be able to mourn because of this," said County Executive Ryan McMahon. "And that's something we're cognizant of and one of the ways this virus is impacting us as we go through this process. So we're going to pray for them as an Onondaga County family."
This is the fourth death in the county related to COVID-19. All other deaths involved older people with underlying health conditions. As of Saturday, there were 349 positive cases in the county. 55% of those cases involve people under age 50.
McMahon said 29 people are hospitalized, 14 are in critical condition. As of Saturday, there are more than 100 people who have recovered and have been released from mandatory isolation.
Gov. Cuomo announced Saturday morning, that there were now 113,704 cases statewide. 3,565 people in the state have died of COVID-19.
Breakdown of cases in Onondaga County, by age:
- Teens: 10
- 20s: 76
- 30s: 55
- 40s: 52
- 50s: 62
- 60s: 51
- 70s: 28
- 80s: 13
- 90s: 2
