****For Immediate Release****
October 10, 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 sixty four as there are two hundred and twenty eight residents who have recovered from COVID-19.
The three hundred and first confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the southeast quadrant of the county, who has no significant travel history or being in direct contact with a positive COVID-19 person. She was recently hospitalized with fever, and shortness of breath. She was tested for COVID-19 on October 8th and her test results on October 9th indicated that she was positive for the virus.
The three hundred and second confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the southeast quadrant of the county, who has no significant travel history or being in direct contact with a positive COVID-19 person. She was recently hospitalized with nausea, diarrhea, fatigue, and shortness of breath. She was tested for COVID-19 on October 8th and her test results on October 9th indicated that she was positive for the virus.
The three hundred and third confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the southeast quadrant of the county, who has no significant travel history or being in direct contact with a positive COVID-19 person. She is a healthcare worker who reports being asymptomatic (no fever, no cough, no body aches, etc.). She was tested for COVID-19 on October 5th as part of the facility’s requirement to test all employees weekly, and her test results on October 9th 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).
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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