Coronavirus Update, January 14, 2021

In Tompkins County, the number of hospitalizations due to complications from the virus had a staggering drop of 20 between Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing the total down to 9 as of last night.  According to the Tompkins County health department, at the time of our 6 p.m. broadcast there are 269 active cases of COVID-19. Yesterday there were an additional 27 positive cases and 24 people released from quarantine.

In Schuyler County, today there were 7 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 63 active cases remain, according to their Health Department. 6 people are now hospitalized due to the virus.

The Tompkins County Health Department is also reporting yet another potential public exposure to COVID-19. This time, the positive case was detected at Triphammer Reuse Center, at 2255 N Triphammer Rd in Ithaca.

An employee of the store who tested positive worked at the Triphammer Reuse Center on Wednesday, January 6, 10:00am-3:00pm.

The health department recommends that anyone who may have been exposed to the virus at the Triphammer ReUse Center to: Enter precautionary quarantine and get tested at one of the Cayuga Health Sampling Sites. If the test is negative, the Health Department asks that continue to monitor for symptoms a full 14 days from the most recent exposure date. If you become symptomatic, get tested again.

Visit wrfi.org/coronavirus under the January 12 update to review the specific times of this and past exposures, and learn about where to get tested for COVID locally.