coronavirus (COVID-19) oneida county

Oneida County announced their guidelines to "preserve in-person learning and reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in local school districts."

I get it. It's that time of year. People get cold symptoms left and right. But, 2020 has brought a new level of concern to consider.

Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Oneida County as there are now more active cases right now than at any time during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Sunday, November 8th, with 44 new cases, there are currently 424 active COVID-19 cases in the county, that's the highest since the outbreak began back in March. There were 401 active cases back on June 1st.

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente says he "assumes" salons and barbershops are set to open as part of Phase 2, based on Governor Cuomo's previous statements, "unless someone tells them otherwise."

For the third straight day this week, Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente opened his daily COVID-19 briefing by expressing condolences to the family of a person who had died from the virus.

An executive order talked about this week by Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, punishing businesses who allow un-masked patrons to enter their establishments, will take effect on Friday.

Should local businesses be fined just because customers can't manage to follow social distancing rules?

''If we don't this now, this will be The Normal for a long time,'' Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente said Monday during his daily COVID-19 briefing

After a weekend that say 37 new lab confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three deaths, Oneida County saw just five new positive cases on Sunday. However, officials are reporting another death.

Oneida County's total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is closing in on 400.