Mayor shares regional COVID-19 numbers

Each morning the Franklin County legislators meet to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on this county.

Monday evening at a special meeting of the village Mayor Paul Maroun shared some of the data discussed by the lawmakers that day.

“There are 61 people in Franklin County in isolation. We have five positive cases in the county. There were 92 tests that came back negative. St. Lawrence County has 14 cases of people who tested positive to the virus. Essex County sections of the Adirondack Park and nearest Franklin County have five cases and Clinton County has 14 cases.”

He said the Franklin County number was reduced from six to five because a northern county resident on the reservation is now being treated on the Canadian side of the reservation.

As of this week, he said, there are a number of people in the county who have been tested, including many of the state troopers.

When asked if there were tests available in Franklin County for people to be tested, the county legislator said there is “a series of questions” people have to answer and the person must exhibit symptoms before a test can be administered “because there aren't that many tests yet.”