In rural upstate New York, it takes up to two weeks to find out test results for the novel coronavirus. Personal protective equipment is sparse. This is what officials in Seneca County are trying to remedy as their first COVID-19 case was diagnosed on Monday.
In rural upstate New York, it takes up to two weeks to find out test results for the novel coronavirus. Personal protective equipment is sparse. And there's no medical facility with an intensive care unit.
MORE: What to know about coronavirus testing, including drive-thru clinics, as COVID-19 spreads in US Instead of releasing any identifiable data about the positive cases, Swinehart said the agency was able to notify those who may have been exposed and ordered them to be quarantined and monitored for symptoms. Seneca County's population is about 35,000.
"Because there aren’t many people being tested in Seneca County, we have no idea how many people are actually positive," said Office of Emergency Management Director Melissa Taylor. "It's a small county which is adjacent to Ontario County, about 10 miles, a 20-minute drive, away," said Regina, who runs a flower stand along Route NY-89 and declined to give her last name."We have walk-in clinics that refer us to go hospitals that are about an hour away -- Strong Hospital in Rochester or Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua.
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