WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) — Although COVID-19 cases are continuing to be confirmed in local school districts, most in the North Country have logged a minimal increase since the end of mask mandates.

Mask mandates were dropped on March 2 for all New York schools. This was the first time since the pandemic began that students, teachers and staff could go to school without a mask.

Below is a breakdown, by county, of cases confirmed between March 8 and April 4. There is also a total number of cases reported to NYDOH since the start of the 2021-2022 school year.

All figures are compared to numbers reported on March 8, 2022.

Jefferson County

School District	New student cases	Student cases to-date	New teacher/staff cases	Teacher/staff cases to-date	Total
Alexandria	2	33	3	28	61
Belleville Henderson	1	99	1	35	134
Carthage	4	433	15	195	627
General Brown	27	332	13	62	394
Indian River	41	790	7	127	917
LaFargeville	9	106	0	23	129
Lyme	1	94	2	14	108
Sackets Harbor	3	91	1	18	109
South Jefferson	27	517	15	120	637
Thousand Islands	2	161	1	36	197
Watertown	52	1,258	12	277	1,537

Lewis County

School District	New student cases	Student cases to-date	New teacher/staff cases	Teacher/staff cases to-date	Total
Beaver River	0	117	0	50	167
Copenhagen	0	100	0	34	134
Harrisville	0	22	2	4	26
Lowville	9	362	10	69	431
South Lewis	12	222	6	59	281

St. Lawrence County

School District	New student cases	Student cases to-date	New teacher/staff cases	Teacher/staff cases to-date	Total
Brasher Falls	7	281	2	66	347
Canton	36	322	9	43	365
Clifton-Fine	5	59	1	24	83
Colton-Pierrepont	13	147	9	31	178
Edwards-Knox	10	138	2	44	183
Gouverneur	21	463	7	107	570
Hammond	0	43	1	16	59
Hermon-Dekalb	12	112	4	35	147
Heuvelton	0	89	0	29	118
Lisbon	0	67	0	11	78 *Last reported on Jan. 28*
Madrid-Waddington	10	257	1	35	292
Massena	63	735	10	128	863
Morristown	2	76	3	24	100
Norwood-Norfolk	72	360	21	90	450
Ogdensburg	17	299	4	79	378
Parishville-Hopkinton	20	108	7	39	147
Potsdam	45	251	8	83	334

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.