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****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 21, 2020 Cattaraugus County Health Department is sad to report the first death of a resident of Cattaraugus County due to COVID-19 related complications. He was a 77 year old male with extensive underlying health conditions who developed respiratory failure and was unable to overcome the extensive…
****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 20, 2020 Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its thirtieth confirmed case of COVID-19. The reporting laboratory was Quest Diagnostic Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its twenty-ninth confirmed case of COVID-19.  The reporting laboratory was Wadsworth Center –Biggs Laboratory, Albany, NY. A male resident that resides in the southwestern part of the county with no significant travel history, developed fever, dry cough, fatigue and loss of taste. He…
****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 16, 2020 Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its twenty-eighth confirmed case of COVID-19. The reporting laboratory was Wadsworth Center-Biggs Laboratory, Albany, NY.
****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 15, 2020 Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its twenty-seventh confirmed case of COVID-19. The reporting laboratory was Quest Diagnostic Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 12, 2020 Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of seven additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 residents within Cattaraugus County.
****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 11, 2020 Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of four additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 residents within Cattaraugus County.
****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 10, 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.
****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…
****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 8, 2020 Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of two additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 residents within Cattaraugus County.
****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 6, 2020 Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its tenth confirmed case of COVID-19. The reporting laboratory was Quest Diagnostics Laboratory in Pittsburgh, PA
****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 5, 2020 Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its ninth confirmed case of COVID-19. The reporting laboratory was Wadsworth Laboratory in Albany, NY.
****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 2, 2020 Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its eighth confirmed case of COVID-19. The reporting laboratory was Quest Diagnostics Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**** April 1, 2020 Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its seventh confirmed case of COVID-19. The reporting laboratory was Wadsworth Laboratories in Albany, NY.
Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its sixth confirmed case of COVID-19. The reporting laboratory was Kaleida Laboratory in Amherst, NY.

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