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Niagara County to offer COVID-19 update at 2 p.m. - All WNY News

The Niagara County Department of Health issued the following update on positive COVID-19 cases in Niagara County:                 

  • 11 new positive cases (since Friday a.m.)
  • Total of 1384 positives to date (isolations + recoveries + deaths)
  • 38 active cases  (37 isolating at home,  1 in hospital)
  • 1,250 recovered
  • 96 deaths
  • 45,059 people tested (source: https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/)

               

The Niagara County heat map that breaks the positive cases down by municipality can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/ybgzmusw

 

Niagara County Legislature Chairman Becky Wydysh will provide an update on COVID-19 today at 2 p.m.  The update will be live on LCTV and streamed at lctv.net.    This broadcast will then be available later in the day in LCTV’s on-demand library under “Niagara County Legislature” and on the county’s Facebook page. 

               

Information and resources relative to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) can be found at:  https://www.niagaracounty.com/health/Services/Public-Health-Preparedness/2019-Novel-Coronavirus-COVID-19

Data on nursing home fatalities is tracked by New York State.  That information can be found here: https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/diseases/covid-19/fatalities_nursing_home_acf.pdf