****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE****
May 7, 2020
Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of three additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 residents within Cattaraugus County.
The forty-fourth confirmed case is a male resident who resides in the southwest quadrant of the county, who has significant travel history to the Buffalo area for work. He is a direct contact to a known positive and developed cough, chills, body aches, and headaches. He was seen at Bradford Regional Hospital on May 3rd and tested for COVID-19. His test results on May 5th indicated that he was positive for COVID-19.
The forty-fifth confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the southwest quadrant of the county, who is a direct contact to a known positive COVID-19 person. She has been asymptomatic (no fever, no cough, no shortness of breath, and no body aches), for the most part. She was tested by the department on May 5th because she was a direct contact. Her test results on May 6th indicated that she was positive for COVID-19.
The forty-sixth confirmed case is a male resident who resides in the southwest quadrant of the county, who is a direct contact to a known positive COVID-19 person. He has been asymptomatic (no fever, no cough, no shortness of breath, and no body aches), for the most part. He was tested by the department on May 5th because he was a direct contact. His test results on May 6th indicated that he was positive for COVID-19.
The department has begun a thorough contact tracing investigation for those individuals that they have been in contact with and the places that they have visited.
Although forty-six residents have been identified with COVID-19, twenty nine residents have recovered, that is a 63% recovery rate. The department is currently following fifteen residents that are actively positive with COVID-19.
We continue to ask our residents to hunker down, and avoid any non-essential travel, especially to areas where there is community wide spread of COVID-19 otherwise, you place your family and other Cattaraugus County residents at risk. If travel is necessary, please wear a homemade cloth face mask while in public and maintain social distancing, at least 6 feet away from other people.
Finally, in an effort to determine the prevalence of the virus in our community, any resident interested in getting tested can register for a test or call 716-938-9119.
For continued updates visit us at CattCo.org/Coronavirus.
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