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.