CANTON, NY — St. Lawrence County Public Health Department released the following information:
As of today, Thursday April 16:
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3 (three) new cases of COVID-19 were reported to the St. Lawrence County Public Health Department, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to-date to 104 (one hundred four)
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52 (fifty two) have been released from isolation* (recovered)
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3 (three) cases are currently hospitalized.
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1,094 people have been tested for COVID-19 as of April 16th;  this testing data comes from the New York State Department of Health and was last updated on 4/15/20 before 2pm.
The map of COVID-19 Cases by Town can be found at this link:Â https://www.stlawco.org/
*The New York State Department of Health defines release of Isolation by the following conditions: Â
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At least 3 days (72 hours) have passed defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications,
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Significant improvement in respiratory symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath);Â AND,
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At least 7 days have passed since symptoms first appeared.