Over 1K North Country students test positive for COVID-19 in one week
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) -- Over a thousand new COVID-19 cases were confirmed among students in the North Country last week. This was spread across school districts in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties as COVID-19 cases continue to spike in the region following the holiday season.
Below is a breakdown, by county, of cases confirmed between January 6 and January 14. There is also a total number of cases reported to NYDOH since the start of the 2021-2022 school year.
Jefferson County
| School District | New student cases | Student cases to-date | New teacher/staff cases | Teacher/staff cases to-date | Total |
| Alexandria | 4 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 40 |
| Belleville Henderson | 8 | 42 | 6 | 26 | 68 |
| Carthage | 62 | 271 | 32 | 121 | 392 |
| General Brown | 59 | 181 | 14 | 36 | 217 |
| Indian River | 135 | 419 | 14 | 83 | 502 |
| LaFargeville | 8 | 53 | 1 | 15 | 68 |
| Lyme | 16 | 61 | 1 | 5 | 66 |
| Sackets Harbor | 20 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 50 |
| South Jefferson | 102 | 301 | 13 | 70 | 371 |
| Thousand Islands | 22 | 101 | 3 | 19 | 120 |
| Watertown | 89 | 451 | 23 | 92 | 543 |
Lewis County
| School District | New student cases | Student cases to-date | New teacher/staff cases | Teacher/staff cases to-date | Total |
| Beaver River | 16 | 99 | 8 | 40 | 139 |
| Copenhagen | 12 | 63 | 4 | 20 | 83 |
| Harrisville | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Lowville | 83 | 220 | 9 | 33 | 253 |
| South Lewis | 27 | 158 | 10 | 43 | 201 |
St. Lawrence County
| School District | New student cases | Student cases to-date | New teacher/staff cases | Teacher/staff cases to-date | Total |
| Brasher Falls | 28 | 157 | 5 | 34 | 191 |
| Canton | 61 | 151 | 9 | 22 | 173 |
| Clifton-Fine | 8 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 29 |
| Colton-Pierrepont | 14 | 88 | 1 | 14 | 102 |
| Edwards-Knox | 33 | 87 | 3 | 23 | 110 |
| Gouverneur | 70 | 289 | 16 | 71 | 360 |
| Hammond | 9 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 29 |
| Hermon-Dekalb | 17 | 61 | 5 | 19 | 80 |
| Heuvelton | 9 | 53 | 2 | 17 | 70 |
| Lisbon | 14 | 51 | 2 | 7 | 58 |
| Madrid-Waddington | 57 | 143 | 8 | 26 | 169 |
| Massena | 77 | 337 | 12 | 63 | 400 |
| Morristown | 5 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 57 |
| Norwood-Norfolk | 47 | 156 | 15 | 42 | 198 |
| Ogdensburg | 33 | 181 | 19 | 49 | 230 |
| Parishville-Hopkinton | 12 | 41 | 1 | 23 | 64 |
| Potsdam | 55 | 133 | 30 | 58 | 191 |
Following the holiday break in early January 2022, New York began plans to keep schools in person as COVID-19 cases spiked statewide. This included the distribution of COVID-19 testing kits and the implementation of "Test-to-Stay" protocols.
Beginning September 13, all schools in New York were required to report COVID-19 cases to the Department of Health on a daily basis. Following the start to this requirement, the DOH relaunched its COVID tracking website, as it was previously undergoing maintenance.
Now, similar to the 2020-2021 school year, student and employee COVID-19 cases are detailed online. A breakdown of current cases by county in the North Country is included below. All data is through October 7, 2021.