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Cattaraugus County hereby extends the Cattaraugus County State of Emergency which was declared on March 15, 2020, at 12:00 p.m., in response to Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19), which the World Health Organization designated as a world-wide pandemic.

Travel related cases and community contact transmission of COVID-19 have been documented throughout New York State, and of particular concern, there are 13 confirmed cases of COVID-19 within Cattaraugus County to date.

****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE****

April 9, 2020

Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its thirteenth confirmed case of COVID-19. The reporting laboratory was Wadsworth Center - Biggs Laboratory, Albany, NY.

A male resident who lives in the southeastern part of the county with no significant travel history was tested for COVID-19 on April 7th after complaining of loss of taste, fever, cough and vomiting. On April 8th, his test results indicated that he was positive for COVID-19.

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