UPDATE: A third death has been reported in Onondaga County. -- 6 p.m.

Syracuse, N.Y. — A second person has died from the coronavirus in Onondaga County.

The woman was in her late 60s, with “significant” underlying medical issues, County Executive Ryan McMahon said Thursday. The first death, reported March 24, was an elderly woman.

No more information has been released by county officials, who cite health privacy laws.

“This is the reality of this disease,” McMahon said. “Anyone can catch it, and our immune systems battle it in different ways, but our community’s most vulnerable — folks with underlying medical conditions — this is a fight.”

There remain 14 people in critical condition at local hospitals, the same number as a day ago. Given the death, that implies that one additional person is in critical. The total number of people hospitalized crept up, from 27 to 29. There were no hospital releases in the past day.

Total cases increased to 301, that’s 24 more than Wednesday. There’s been a relatively steady increase each day for the past week.

There have now been 4,054 tests with results: 301 positive and 3,753 negative. The 24 new cases were reported from among 275 test results in the past 24 hours. There remain 484 pending tests.

The number of people tested has seen an “uptick” this week, McMahon said. He suggested that some people are starting to be too complacent in social distancing, leading to infections that could be avoided by following the rules.

There are roughly 150 to 175 tests being administered a day now, compared to 125 to 150 a week ago. The first week of testing, there were up to 300 people a day getting tested.

McMahon and the county health commissioner, Dr. Indu Gupta, have repeatedly urged the public to take social distancing seriously. The margin for error with this highly contagious virus remains extremely low.

The percentage of positive tests from among the total has also increased in recent days. Now, 7.4 percent of people tested are positive.

In better news, there are a total of 75 people who have recovered from COVID-19. That’s up eight from Wednesday.

Subtracting the 75 recoveries and the two deaths, there are now 224 “active” coronavirus cases in the county. That’s up 15 from a day ago.

McMahon said that we’re still in throes of the pandemic.

“I think our active trend is somewhat flat, which is somewhat good,” he said. “I would obviously like to see the positive trends tail off a little bit.”

From the total cases:

166 are female and 135 are male

9 are under 19,

67 in their 20s,

47 in their 30s,

46 in their 40s,

51 in their 50s,

44 in their 60s,

24 in their 70s

11 in their 80s.

2 in their 90s

Breakdown by municipality:

City of Syracuse - 99

Clay - 31

Camillus - 21

DeWitt - 21

Salina - 21

Cicero - 19

Onondaga - 17

Manlius - 15

Pompey - 13

Geddes - 11

Lysander - 9

Skaneateles - 7

Van Buren - 4

LaFayette - 3

Marcellus - 3

Otisco - 3

Tully - 2

Fabius - 1

Spafford - 1

Potential supermarket exposure:

An employee at the Tops supermarket in Manlius who tested positive for the coronavirus may have had contact with customers, the county health department announced Thursday.

The public announcement means that there’s a “gap” in the county’s investigation into the case, with worry that members of the public could have been exposed. (On the other hand, an employee at the DeWitt Wegmans who tested positive for the virus was not considered a public threat by county officials.)

People who visited the 119 W. Seneca St. store between these hours may have been exposed:

Thursday, March 26, 6 a.m. and 1:10 p.m.

Friday, March 27, 6:00 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Some of those hours included times set aside for elderly and vulnerable populations. The store has since been deep-cleaned, the health department said.

“Anyone who visited the market during the identified time periods should monitor themselves for symptoms of COVID-19 such as fever, cough, and/or difficulty breathing for 14 days after they visited the store,” health commissioner Dr. Indu Gupta said. "If symptoms do develop, stay home and call your doctor for further guidance about testing. If you are elderly, have underlying medical conditions, or are immunocompromised, call your doctor early even if your illness is mild. In an emergency, call 911.”

Previous concerns of public exposure:

Bethany Baptist Church: Infected person attended on Sunday, March 15.

Ascioti’s Market, located at 3249 Milton Ave. in Solvay: Infected employee worked from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17.

America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses, located at 3401 Erie Blvd East, DeWitt: Infected employee worked:

Monday 3/9 8:30 am-5:30 pm

Tuesday 3/10 9:30 am-6:30 pm

Wednesday 3/11 10:30 am-7:30 pm

Thursday 3/12 9:30 am-3:30 pm

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Staff writer Douglass Dowty can be reached at ddowty@syracuse.com or 315-470-6070.