****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE****
July 9, 2020
Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of three additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 residents within Cattaraugus County. The department's active positive COVID-19 caseload is now eight, as there are now ninety-one residents who have recovered from COVID-19.
The one hundredth and first confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the southwest quadrant of the county, who is a healthcare worker at a nursing home in Cattaraugus County. She denies any significant travel history and reports being asymptomatic (no cough, no fever, no body aches, etc.). She was tested for COVID-19 on July 6th as part of a recent requirement of all nursing home employees to be tested weekly and her test results on July 8th indicated that she was positive for the virus.
The one hundredth and second confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the southeast quadrant of the county, who is a healthcare worker at a nursing home in Cattaraugus County. She denies any significant travel history and reports being asymptomatic (no cough, no fever, no body aches, etc.). She was tested for COVID-19 on July 6th as part of a recent requirement of all nursing home employees to be tested weekly and her test results on July 8th indicated that she was positive for the virus.
The one hundredth and third confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the southwest quadrant of the county, who is a healthcare worker at a nursing home in Cattaraugus County. She denies any significant travel history and reports being asymptomatic (no cough, no fever, no body aches, etc.). She was tested for COVID-19 on July 6th as part of a recent requirement of all nursing home employees to be tested weekly and her test results on July 8th indicated that she was positive for the virus.
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.
We would like to reiterate that if any resident experience fever, cough, shortness of breath or whole body aches they should contact their health care provider (avoid going directly to an Urgent Care facility, or the Emergency Room before calling).
Finally, in an effort to determine the prevalence of the virus in our community, any resident interested in getting a swab test can register for a test or call 716-938-9119 or 716-938-2265
For continued updates visit us at CattCo.org/Coronavirus.
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