herkimer county

A church built in the late 1800s has been transformed into a stunning new home in Herkimer County.

The prediction made at Halloween and before the holidays was simple: if we let our guard down, people will die from COVID-19.

In the latest update of coronavirus cases locally, county health officials announced the seven new deaths. Oneida County has now lost 327 residents to the virus - 186 have died since Thanksgiving.

The downward trend of new COVID-19 cases continued in Oneida County in Tuesday's report, however, both Oneida and Herkimer counties both reported deaths linked to the virus.

Mixed COVID-19 news on Monday as both Oneida and Herkimer counties saw new case totals decrease, however the two counties reported a total of 6 local deaths.
Herkimer County added four of those six deaths. The county has now lost 57 residents to the deadly virus...

In it's daily update on Friday, Oneida County did add 152 new cases. That pushed the county's active case total to 7,215, again a new all-time high.

“Today we are reporting the most daily deaths from COVID-19 that we have ever had,” said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr.

Some better news included in local updates was word that hospitalizations are declining in both counties.

The New York State DEC is celebrating one of its officers from Herkimer County, who was recently named Wildlife Officer of the Year by an international group.

Three more Oneida County residents have died from coronavirus, as Oneida County's streak of consecutive days with a COVID-19 death reached 55, according to numbers released Tuesday.

It's now 54 days in a row that Oneida County has lost at least one residents to COVID-19.

The latest COVID-19 updates from Oneida and Herkimer counties show nine more local deaths due to to coronavirus and more than 300 new infections.