A nurse gives COVID-19 tests Friday at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake. At one point 20 cars were in line, and staff had to redirect traffic so ambulances could pull up to the Emergency Department door. (Provided photo — Jenn Grisi)

Franklin County continued to see a rise in COVID-19 over the weekend, with 58 individuals currently identified as having active cases.

Some of these people are isolating outside of the county.

On Sunday, of all the results returning for people tested in Franklin County, 1.79% returned positive. Last week, 2.94% of all cases returned positive.

There were 12 new positives on Saturday and four new ones on Sunday. The total number of cases stayed the same, however, because some cases were resolved on that day, with those people considered recovered and removed from the list of active cases.

To date, the county has seen 291 cases of of COVID-19 and two deaths, both this past week.

At Upstate Correctional Facility, a maximum-security state prison in Malone, five inmates are in quarantine. Franklin Correctional Facility, another state prison in Malone has one inmate in quarantine. That means these inmates came in contact with people who tested positive but have not tested positive themselves.

“Please protect others — wear face coverings when you cannot physically distance!” Franklin County Manager Donna Kissane wrote in an email.

Franklin County’s COVID hotline changed its weekend hours on Friday. On Saturday and Sunday the hotline will be available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 518-481-1111. Weekday hours, Monday through Friday, will remain 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Essex County does not report new numbers over the weekend, but on Friday it reported 15 active positive cases, five of those new.