Local COVID-19 Report for Oct. 23rd: Lab-confirmed positive +6, Recovered +1, Active +5, Total Active 48, Tested +259
Here are today’s Clinton County COVID-19 case updates. Six additional lab-confirmed positive cases have been reported and 1 individual moved to recovered since our 10/22 report. All 6 new cases are associated with the SUNY Plattsburgh cluster. There are currently 48 active COVID-19 cases in Clinton County.
We continue to receive questions about quarantine. Here’s some info:
– Quarantine is used to keep someone who has been exposed to COVID-19 away from other people.
– People in quarantine should stay home, separate themselves from others, and monitor their health.
– Not everyone who is exposed will get sick, but the goal is to prevent further spread of the infection.
– Quarantine starts when the potential exposure occurred and lasts for 14 days.
– When a person is exposed to COVID-19, it can take anywhere from 2 to 14 days before they develop symptoms.
– A negative test result before the end of a 14-day quarantine period does NOT rule out possible infection. Your 14-day quarantine period must still be completed. A negative test result only tells us that at that moment in time, you don’t have enough virus in your body to test positive. It can take up to 14 days between when you are exposed and when you develop symptoms. So you could test negative today, but develop symptoms 2 days from now and test positive.
– In general, testing for individuals on quarantine is recommended if or when they develop symptoms. This can vary on a case by case basis.
Posted: October 23rd, 2020 under County Government News, General News, Heathcare News.