Cortland County reported 20 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, raising the number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began to 12,544, the state Health Department reports.
Tompkins and Cayuga counties reported 51 new cases Wednesday, the state reported. The three counties have seen 56,397 cases since the pandemic began in March 2020. The number of people who have died from the virus remains 387.
Cortland at 170 cases per 100,000
Cortland County had 81 new cases of COVID-19 between Sept. 28 and Tuesday, giving it a rate of 170.24 cases per 100,000 people, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
It had a “medium” risk, under CDC guidelines. Under metrics and guidance from the CDC — which take into account the number of new cases in a week, the number of hospitalizations and hospital capacity:
The rates and risk, from the CDC:
Cortland: 170.24 — medium
Tompkins: 116.46 — low
Cayuga: 197.19 — medium
Onondaga: 185.22 — high
Broome: 161.69 — medium
Chenango: 120.74 — medium
Tioga: 178.41 — medium
Madison: 159.29 — medium
Vaccination rates
Here are the percentages of people who have at least one dose of vaccine for COVID-19, by ZIP code. By comparson, 83.5% of New York residents have received at least one dose of vaccine:
13863 — Willet — 35.9%
13158 — Truxton — 52.9%
13118 — Moravia — 56.9%
13802 — Marathon — 57.3%
13045 — Cortland — 60.7%
13040 — Cincinnatus — 63.5%
13092 — Locke — 64.5%
13101 — McGraw — 65.8%
13053 — Dryden — 67.2%
13077 — Homer — 69.5%
13073 — Groton — 70.7%
13141 — Preble — 73.2%
13068 — Freeville — 77.9%
13784 — Harford — 100.0%
13087 — Little York — 100.0%
13062 — Etna — 100.0%
13102 — McLean — 100.0%