MONTICELLO – The number of people to die from COVID-19 in Sullivan County remains in the single digits. The county Public Health Department reported seven deaths as of Tuesday.
A total of 270 positive cases were reported with 62 patients off isolation and recovered.
Each agency in the county that provides health services reports only a one- week supply of personal protective equipment, including Catskill Regional Medical Center, Care Center at Sunset Lake, Public Health Services, Achieve, Roscoe Nursing Home and The Center for Discovery.
Catskill Regional has 21 ventilators, eight of which are in use.
County Public Health Director Nancy McGraw announced on Tuesday that five cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at the county-owned and operated Care Center at Sunset Lake in Liberty. These are in addition to the very first positive case in the county, a Care Center employee who has since fully recovered.
“A total of five individuals, including two staff members, at our nursing home tested positive this week for the virus,” said McGraw. “The employees have been self-isolating since receiving their results, and the residents are isolating at the Care Center. Administration and Public Health continue to monitor the situation closely in collaboration with the State Department of Health.”
