Data are a critical tool for understanding how COVID-19 is impacting our community. The Onondaga County Health Department is actively tracking cases in Onondaga County to identify trends as well as demographic and geographic variations in transmission and outcomes. The data presented on this webpage represent laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19. Many people with COVID-19 do not undergo testing, therefore these data represent only a portion of the total number of people in Onondaga County with COVID-19 infections.
Please note all data presented are preliminary and subject to change as case investigations are completed or more information becomes available. Information that is not yet known or was not provided during the course of a case investigation will be marked as “unknown.” The data are organized into the following sections:
| Onondaga County maintains two COVID-19 Dashboards displaying cases by municipality and by ZIP code (within the city of Syracuse).
These dashboards are accessible by clicking the buttons to the right. Please note the Syracuse ZIP code dashboard includes only cases that fall within the boundary of the City of Syracuse and do not reflect all cases within that zip code. |
The table below provides a summary of COVID-19 testing data for Onondaga County. These data are from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and include the number of individuals tested, the percent of results that were positive that day, and the percent of results that were positive over a 7 day period. See the full data dashboard from NYSDOH at https://forward.ny.gov/percentage-positive-results-county-dashboard.
Key Indicators
The data in this section provide a current snapshot of COVID-19 cases and outcomes in Onondaga County. Data are broken down by new cases and data to date. Unless otherwise specified, data are updated daily and are reported with a one day delay to allow for data collection and analysis.
For nursing home death data please see this NYSDOH report.
Hospitalizations
This section provides a snapshot of hospitalizations among laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Onondaga County. Cases are included even if COVID-19 is not their primary diagnosis. Cases residing in other counties have been excluded from these counts even if they received care in an Onondaga County hospital. This section includes current hospitalization data, trends over time, and a breakdown of hospitalizations by race, age, and gender. Please note, Total Hospitalizations to Date refers to the number of hospitalizations occurring to date and does not indicate the number of individuals who have been hospitalized. Some individuals have been re-hospitalized and count more than once.
Deaths
This section provides a snapshot of COVID-19 deaths in Onondaga County. The data presented include breakdowns by age, race, and gender for deaths occurring within hospitals or within the community. Deaths occurring at nursing homes have been excluded, please see this NYSDOH report for nursing home death data.
Demographics: Onondaga County
Below are demographic data for laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases to date within Onondaga County. Please note the Onondaga County data presented in the section above are inclusive of Syracuse.
Demographics: Syracuse
Below are demographic data for laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases to date within Syracuse. Please note the Onondaga County data presented in the section above are inclusive of Syracuse.
Trends
This section displays trends relating to cases of COVID-19 in Onondaga County. Unless otherwise specified, trend graphs use week of onset to track cases over time. The unit of measurement used is MMWR week, the standard unit of measurement used by the Centers of Disease Control. In instances where onset date is not known, such as for cases that do not experience any symptoms, collection date is used in place of onset date. If both onset date and collection date are unknown, laboratory receipt date is used.
Testing in Other Community Sectors
In order to monitor the impact of resuming in-person instruction, several local colleges and universities have undertaken pooled testing of their students, faculty, and staff populations. These testing approaches differ from diagnostic testing performed within the general Onondaga County community. Please note any individuals who test positive for COVID-19 through pooled testing undergo diagnostic testing, when appropriate, and are included in Onondaga County’s COVID-19 case counts if they are an Onondaga County resident or were on campus at the time of the onset of their symptoms.
Syracuse University maintains a dashboard of counts of tests conducted within their student and employee populations. The Syracuse University dashboard can be viewed at syracuse.edu/covid-dashboard/.
Active Cases: Active cases represent individuals who are either in home isolation, being monitored by the Health Department, residing in a nursing home, or under the care of a hospital.
Recovered Cases: Recovered cases represent individuals who have recovered from the COVID-19 infection and are no longer in isolation. Those individuals are still encouraged to follow social distancing practices
Likely Exposure Types:
- Community: Exposures occurring within the community. Cases occurring in Senior Facilities are excluded from this category. Travel cases are also excluded from this category.
- Travel: Cases among individuals who have traveled outside of central New York and have no other known exposures.
- Senior Facility: Residents and staff of a nursing home, assisted living facility, or senior apartment complex who were likely exposed to a positive case within the facility. Individuals with known exposures outside of the facility are not included in this category.
- Unknown: Cases for whom the exposure type is not yet known. Exposure types are updated whenever new information becomes available.
Total Hospitalizations to Date: the number of hospitalizations occurring to date, and does not indicate the number of individuals who have been hospitalized. Some individuals have been re-hospitalized and count more than once.
Confirmed Deaths: Deaths among individuals with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection for whom COVID-19 was identified as a cause of death. Confirmed Deaths include deaths occurring in hospital, community, and nursing home settings.
Presumed Deaths: Deaths among individuals who were never tested for COVID-19, but presumed to have COVID-19 as a cause of death.
Pooled Samples: Pooled samples refer to samples collected from individuals that are tested collectively to provide more rapid results. Individual diagnostic testing is required following a positive pooled result to confirm which individual in the sample is positive for COVID-19.
DATA SOURCE: All data presented above are from the Onondaga County Health Department. Please note data are provisional and represent data available at the time of report.