{"id":78876,"date":"2020-04-24T18:42:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T22:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=78876"},"modified":"2020-04-25T07:24:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T11:24:20","slug":"tioga-countys-covid-19-update-for-april-24-2020-fifth-covid-19-death-reported-cases-climb-to-89-in-tioga-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/04\/24\/tioga-countys-covid-19-update-for-april-24-2020-fifth-covid-19-death-reported-cases-climb-to-89-in-tioga-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Tioga County COVID-19 update for April 24, 2020; fifth death confirmed as cases climb to 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The April 24, 2020 COVID-19 statistic update for Tioga County was grim, with an increase in cases as well as an additional death due to COVID complications. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the report, Legislative Chair, Martha Sauerbrey, stated, &nbsp;\u201cTioga County has seen the cluster of COVID-19 cases increase at Elderwood in Waverly. An increase in testing was made available through Guthrie Health to help uncover additional cases in residents who may be asymptomatic.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She added, &#8220;Twenty-one new cases were identified at Elderwood today and, to date, there have been 52 confirmed cases in residents at the facility. The facility is also conducting testing for all staff. As of today, 14 staff members have tested positive for the virus, however, only five of those staff are Tioga County residents. Staff that reside in other counties are counted toward their total cases.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the announcement of Tioga county&#8217;s fifth death, Sauerbrey added, \u201cI also regrettably announce that we have lost another person to the virus. The five lives lost to COVID-19 in Tioga County were residents of Elderwood. My heart goes out to all of the family members who have lost loved ones to this virus, as well as to the staff at Elderwood that have endured the loss of the residents who they cared for deeply.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The following Tioga County COVID-19 statistics are reported for April 24, 2020:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>89 Confirmed Cases \u2013 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total confirmed cases, to date.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>86 Individuals in Mandatory Quarantine. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are individuals who have had close contact (6 ft.) with someone who has tested positive, but is not displaying symptoms for COVID-19; or individuals that have traveled to China, Iran, Japan, South Korea, or Italy and is displaying symptoms of COVID-19.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>1 Individual in Precautionary Quarantine. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are individuals who have traveled to China, Iran, Japan, South Korea, or Italy while COVID-19 was prevalent, but are not displaying symptoms; or is known to have had a proximate exposure to a positive person but has not had direct contact with a positive person and is not displaying symptoms.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>0 Pending Tests&nbsp;<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>21 Recovered <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total number of individuals who had a confirmed case of COVID-19 and are now symptom and fever-free that meet the criteria to be released from Isolation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>5 Deaths <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a snapshot of data provided to Tioga County Public Health at this point in time. Administered tests are tracked in various ways. Test results are reported.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For further information, please refer to the following resources:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.tiogacountyny.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/covid19.tiogacountyny.com&nbsp;<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Tioga County Coronavirus Response Hotline \u2013 <\/b>687-8225&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><b>Facebook <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@Tioga County Public Health&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Facebook @<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TiogaMH (Tioga County Department of Mental Hygiene)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Tioga County Public Health Voicemail Line <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 687-8623&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>NYS Coronavirus Hotline: 1-<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">888-364-3065 (for general <\/span>questions or information about COVID-19)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><b>Tioga County Emergency Food Hotline \u2013 (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">607) 354-0965&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The April 24, 2020 COVID-19 statistic update for Tioga County was grim, with an increase in cases as well as an additional death due to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":78877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tioga County COVID-19 update for April 24, 2020; 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