****For Immediate Release****
September 30, 2020
Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of four additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 residents within Cattaraugus County. The department’s active positive COVID-19 caseload is now sixteen as there are two hundred and nine residents who have recovered from COVID-19.
The two hundred and twenty eight confirmed case is a male resident who resides in the southeast quadrant of the county, who has no significant travel history. He denies being in direct contact with a positive COVID-19 person but was recently hospitalized with fever and shortness of breath. He was given a rapid test for COVID-19 on September 29th and his test results indicated that he was positive for the virus.
The two hundred and twenty ninth confirmed case is a male resident who resides in the southeast quadrant of the county, who has no significant travel history. He denies being in direct contact with a positive COVID-19 person but was recently hospitalized with cough, nausea, vomiting, and shortness of breath. He was given a test for COVID-19 on September 29th and his test results on September 30th indicated that he was positive for the virus.
The two hundred and thirtieth confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the southeast quadrant of the county, who has no significant travel history. She is a direct contact with a positive COVID-19 person but reports being asymptomatic (no fever, no cough, no body aches, etc.). She was given a rapid test for COVID-19 on September 30th and her test results indicated that she was positive for the virus.
The two hundred and thirty first confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the southeast quadrant of the county, who has no significant travel history. She is a Healthcare worker who reports being in direct contact with a positive COVID-19 person and recently developed cough and fever. She was given a rapid test for COVID-19 on September 30th as part of the requirement of the facility to test employees weekly, and her test results 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.
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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