Wayne County Public Health

***Rabies Clinic this Saturday*** If you cat, dog or ferret's Rabies Vaccination is due to expire or is expired register today or call our office for assistance with registration at (315) 946-5749. We will be at the Walworth Town Barns this Saturday from 10 am-Noon. Disclaimer: Wayne County Public Health does not respond to comments or questions regarding our Facebook posts. If you have a question or concern, please call us at (315) 946-5749 or email us at [email protected].

June 23rd COVID-19 Data Update Good day everyone, As of this post, Wayne County Public Health can confirm that our total number of positive cases of COVID-19 is now at 5,346. We can confirm that we had 1 new cases since our last report (6/22), and 1 previous case has been transferred to the correct county of residence.... Numbers in parentheses will represent the change in data since our last report. Out of our 5,346 positive cases, we have 5,289 (+2) cases resolved/recovered, 5 (-2) cases remain active and recovering, and we have had 52 deaths of people related to COVID-19. Currently, we have 4 (+1) cases in need of hospitalization. To date, Wayne County Public Health has administered 11,616 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 11,142 individuals have been fully vaccinated specifically through WCPH Clinics. GET THE REAL FACTS ABOUT THE VACCINE, AND HELP ACHIEVE COMMUNITY IMMUNITY BY GETTING VACCINATED!!EMAIL [email protected] WITH QUESTIONS!! (Due to policy, comments will not receive a reply from WCPH. Please email all questions) Plenty of clinics are occurring regularly, and the COVID vaccine is available through walk-ins at ours', as well as many pharmacies', locations. Vaccine data continuously proves the COVID vaccine is incredibly effective, AND NOW THE TREND IN OUR NUMBERS ARE REFLECTING THIS HERE IN WAYNE COUNTY! Consider getting the vaccine if you haven't already done so. They are very safe, statistically proven, free, and available to anyone 12 years of age and older! #TrustTheScience #TrustYourLocalHealthDepartment #WeAreAllPublicHealth #WCPH Thank you for your support, Ryan Mulhern Public Health Educator | Public Information Officer

June 22nd COVID-19 Data Update Good day everyone, As of this post, Wayne County Public Health can confirm that our total number of positive cases of COVID-19 is now at 5,346. We can confirm that we had 11 new cases since our last report (6/17), and 0 cases have been transferred to the correct county of residence.... Numbers in parentheses will represent the change in data since our last report. Wayne County Public Health is saddened to report 2 new COVID-19 deaths among Wayne County residents since our last report. Out of our 5,346 positive cases, we have 5,287 (+9) cases resolved/recovered, 7 (+1) cases remain active and recovering, and we have had 52 (+2) deaths of people related to COVID-19. Currently, we have 3 (-5) cases in need of hospitalization. To date, Wayne County Public Health has administered 11,616 (+37) first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 11,142 (+19) individuals have been fully vaccinated specifically through WCPH Clinics. GET THE REAL FACTS ABOUT THE VACCINE, AND HELP ACHIEVE COMMUNITY IMMUNITY BY GETTING VACCINATED!! EMAIL [email protected] WITH QUESTIONS!! (Due to policy, comments will not receive a reply from WCPH. Please email all questions) Plenty of clinics are occurring regularly, and the COVID vaccine is available through walk-ins at ours', as well as many pharmacies', locations. Vaccine data continuously proves the COVID vaccine is incredibly effective, AND NOW THE TREND IN OUR NUMBERS ARE REFLECTING THIS HERE IN WAYNE COUNTY! Consider getting the vaccine if you haven't already done so. They are very safe, statistically proven, free, and available to anyone 12 years of age and older! #TrustTheScience #TrustYourLocalHealthDepartment #WeAreAllPublicHealth #WCPH Thank you for your support, Ryan Mulhern Public Health Educator | Public Information Officer

Wayne County Public Health will continue to offer Walk In COVID-19 Vaccinations on Wednesdays from 1 pm-4 pm at the Public Health office located at 1519 Nye Road Lyons, NY. This week's vaccine offerings will feature Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson Vaccine. No appointment is necessary, first and second doses will be administered. If receiving a 2nd dose please bring your COVID-19 Vaccine Card with you. For more information call (315) 946-5749 or email us at [email protected]. Wayne County Public Health does not publicly respond to questions/comments regarding our Facebook posts. If you have a question or concern please email us at [email protected] or call us directly at (315) 946-5749.

June 17th COVID-19 Data Update Good day everyone, ** NO NEW CASES AGAIN **... ** THREE DAYS IN A ROW ** ** PROOF VACCINES ARE WORKING ** GET THE REAL FACTS ABOUT THE VACCINE, AND HELP ACHIEVE COMMUNITY IMMUNITY BY GETTING VACCINATED!! EMAIL [email protected] WITH QUESTIONS!! (Due to policy, comments will not receive a reply from WCPH. Please email all questions) As of this post, Wayne County Public Health can confirm that our total number of positive cases of COVID-19 is now at 5,334. We can confirm that we had 0 new cases since our last report (6/16), and 0 cases have been transferred to the correct county of residence. Numbers in parentheses will represent the change in data since our last report. Out of our 5,334 positive cases, we have 5,278 (+2) cases resolved/recovered, 6 (-2) cases remain active and recovering, and we have had 50 deaths of people related to COVID-19. Currently, we have 8 cases in need of hospitalization. To date, Wayne County Public Health has administered 11,579 (+24) first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 11,123 (+55) individuals have been fully vaccinated specifically through WCPH Clinics. Plenty of clinics are occurring regularly, and the COVID vaccine is available through walk-ins at ours', as well as many pharmacies', locations. Vaccine data continuously proves the COVID vaccine is incredibly effective, AND NOW THE TREND IN OUR NUMBERS ARE REFLECTING THIS HERE IN WAYNE COUNTY! Consider getting the vaccine if you haven't already done so. They are very safe, statistically proven, free, and available to anyone 12 years of age and older! #TrustTheScience #TrustYourLocalHealthDepartment #WeAreAllPublicHealth #WCPH Thank you for your support, Ryan Mulhern Public Health Educator | Public Information Officer

Wayne County Public Health will be offering Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for anyone 12 and older and J and J vaccine for anyone 18 and over who would like to get vaccinated at Williamson High School in the Cafeteria on Thursday, 6.17 from 2-5:00 pm. Pre-registration for Pfizer is encouraged, to pre-register go to tinyurl.com/ap9vsxut Parental consent is needed for anyone 12-17. No appointment or pre-registration is needed for J and J vaccine. Walk Ins are welcome. For more inf...ormation please contact us at [email protected] Wayne County Public Health does not respond publicly to comments/questions posted on our Facebook page. If you have a question/concern please contact our office at [email protected] or call (315) 946-5749.

Effective 1.11.2021 Eligibility for COVID 19 Vaccination will now include Law Enforcement, Firefighters, Correctional Officers, teachers and those 75 years of age and older in addition to healthcare workers and others eligible under the 1A Priority Group. Wayne County Public Health has the following clinics planned for this week. Additional offerings will be posted here as well as shared with our usual media partners/sites. To register to be vaccinated click on one of the links below: 1.12.2021 1:00 pm-6:00 pm https://apps.health.ny.gov/doh2/applinks/cdmspr/2/counties 01/13/2021 3:00 pm-6:00 pm https://apps.health.ny.gov/doh2/applinks/cdmspr/2/counties 01/15/2021 10:00 am-2:00 pm https://apps.health.ny.gov/doh2/applinks/cdmspr/2/counties

TOTAL CASES for 1.9.2021: 2,933 NEW CASES SINCE LAST UPDATE: 132 (This includes new cases of of 1.8.2021) TOTAL RESOLVED CASES: 2301 TOTAL DEATHS: 31 (Male 75 who was hospitalized) CURRENT ACTIVE* CASES: 601... TOTAL TESTS* PROCESSED: 39,608 NEW TESTS SINCE LAST UPDATE: 517 TOTAL NEGATIVE TESTS: 385 % of Recent Test Positivity: 25.53% CASES REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION: Not available at time of report =27 ACTIVE CASES IN NURSING/ADULT CARE HOMES: not available at time of report *active cases are calculated by taking total cases and subtracting resolved cases and deaths. This is NOT the data that NYS will use to determine further restrictions in our county. For that information, please use the following link and sort by Wayne County: https://forward.ny.gov/percentage-positive-results-county... Please practice these simple steps to protect your families, your neighbors, and your community, 1) Social distance in public by 6' or more, and 2) Wear a mask whenever around others in public, and 3) Wash your hands or use hand sanitizer frequently, and 4) Avoid gatherings with those outside of your household We need to continue to practice these simple mitigation steps to reduce the amount of infection in our communities. Reducing community spread keeps businesses open and our children in school. In order to be successful it takes all of us to do our part. For COVID specific questions, please email [email protected] Stop the spread. WEAR A MASK! Save lives. #WayneCountyWearsMasks #OneWayneCounty #WeAreAllPublicHealth

Today, Wayne County Public Health staff and volunteers are fulfilling our dual mission to mitigate the spread of COVID in our communities by conducting COVID-19 case investigations and vaccinating members of the 1A Priority Group. #VaccinateNY

TOTAL CASES for 1.7.2021: 2,802 NEW CASES SINCE LAST UPDATE: 90 TOTAL RESOLVED CASES: 2119 TOTAL DEATHS: 29 (Female in their 70's who was hospitalized) CURRENT ACTIVE* CASES: 654... TOTAL TESTS* PROCESSED: 39,091 NEW TESTS SINCE LAST UPDATE: 195 TOTAL NEGATIVE TESTS: 105 % of recent test positivity: 46.15% CASES REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION: Not available at time of report = ACTIVE CASES IN NURSING/ADULT CARE HOMES: not available at time of report *active cases are calculated by taking total cases and subtracting resolved cases and deaths. POSITIVE TEST PERCENTAGE FOR OUR UPDATE: 20.72% This is NOT the data that NYS will use to determine further restrictions in our county. For that information, please use the following link and sort by Wayne County: https://forward.ny.gov/percentage-positive-results-county... Please practice these simple steps to protect your families, your neighbors, and your community, 1) Social distance in public by 6' or more, and 2) Wear a mask whenever around others in public, and 3) Wash your hands or use hand sanitizer frequently, and 4) Avoid gatherings with those outside of your household We need to continue to practice these simple mitigation steps to reduce the amount of infection in our communities. Reducing community spread keeps businesses open and our children in school. In order to be successful it takes all of us to do our part. For COVID specific questions, please email [email protected] Stop the spread. WEAR A MASK! Save lives. #WayneCountyWearsMasks #OneWayneCounty #WeAreAllPublicHealth See more

Vaccination is currently underway for high-risk priority population groups in New York; including high-risk health care workers, EMS workers, residents and staff at nursing homes and other long-term living facilities, coroners, medical examiners, individuals administering vaccine, and more. While it may take a while for vaccine to be widely available to the public, you can make sure you’re up to date on New York’s vaccination rollout plan: https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/phased-distribution-va and know the facts about COVID-19 vaccines: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/evalwebs.htm #VaccinateNY