New COVID-19 cases confirmed at Samaritan Summit Village on first Monday of new year

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) — Samaritan Health has confirmed an increase in COVID-19 cases at an assisted living facility.

Samaritan Health reported on Monday that a resident and staff member tested positive for the coronavirus.

Samaritan also reported the following statistics for January 4, 2021 regarding COVID-19.

	Residents Positive	New Resident Cases	New Staff Member cases	Last Positive Case Recorded	New Resident recoveries	Deaths
Samaritan Keep Home	2	0	1	12/23/2020	1	0
Samaritan Summit Village- Assisted Living	19	0	0	12/29/2020	6	0
Samaritan Summit Village	28	1	1	01/04/2021	0	2

At this time Samaritan Health has suspended indoor visitations, which will remain until a facility is COVID-19 free for 14 days.

Samaritan is taking general safety measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus. These include:

• Universal masking and eyewear protocols for staff
• Social distancing
• Activities for residents held on floors in limited size
• Upgraded cleaning procedures and regular deep sanitizing
• Temperature checks for long term care residents every eight hours

Additionally, any individual in facilities who display COVID-19 symptoms receive an expedited test and remains isolated until results are confirmed.

The results reported are the most up-to-date confirmed by Samaritan Health.