LCHS Nursing Home Reports 10 Residents and 8 Staff Members Currently Positive for COVID-19

LCHS Nursing Home Reports 10 Residents
and 8 Staff Members Currently Positive for COVID-19

November 17, 2020 04:45 p.m. By: Nick Altmire

Lowville, NY-

Members of the Health & Human Services committee of the Lewis

County Board of Legislators were updated on the current state of the COVID-19

pandemic in the county during this afternoon's meeting.

Lewis County Health System CEO Jerry Cayer told the committee that there

were currently four COVID-positive patients hospitalized at the health system.

Mr. Cayer said that a COVID unit has been created on one of the floors at the

health system's residential healthcare facility (nursing home), with 10 residents

currently positive for COVID in addition to 8 nursing home staff members. He

noted that all of the positive cases reside on the same floor at the nursing home.

There are currently 131 residents at the nursing home.

Mr. Cayer said, in addition, there are currently 17 members of the health system

staff that are currently in quarantine. Staffing levels are being evaluated

regularly, with health system employees being reassigned to the nursing home

as needed, according to Mr. Cayer.

We've reached out for more information on the situation at the nursing home and

will update if any additional information is provided.

Public Health Director Ashley Waite updated the committee on the recent

increase in cases in the county. Since October 19, 185 cases of COVID have

been confirmed, with 19 patients requiring hospitalization, Ms. Waite told the

committee. There have been 63 cases confirmed over the last week alone. A

total of 25 cases have been associated with school districts over the last few

weeks, Ms. Waite said.

Since testing began in March there have been a total of 256 cases of COVID-19

confirmed in Lewis County.

County Manager Ryan Piche updated the committee on the county's "all hands

on deck" approach to assisting Public Health in their contact tracing and

quarantine calls. He explained how staff from all levels of county government

have been used in various ways to help with the COVID-19 response.

The committee also discussed the importance of wearing a mask, maintaining

social distance and regular hand washing. Ideas were also discussed on how to

best promote that message to members of the community.

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