****For Immediate Release****
September 29, 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 twelve as there are two hundred and nine residents who have recovered from COVID-19.
The two hundred and twenty fifth confirmed case is a male resident who resides in the southeast quadrant of the county, who has recently traveled to North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. He denies being in direct contact with a positive COVID-19 person but recently developed fever, running nose, headaches and muscle aches. He was tested for COVID-19 on September 26th and his test results on September 29th indicated that he was positive for the virus.
The two hundred and twenty sixth confirmed case is a male resident who resides in the southwest quadrant of the county, who has no significant travel history. He denies being in direct contact with a positive COVID-19 person and he was given a rapid test for COVID-19 on September 28th as part of the requirement to undergo a surgical procedure and his test results indicated that he was positive for the virus.
The two hundred and twenty seventh confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the southeast quadrant of the county, who has no significant travel history. She denies being in direct contact with a positive COVID-19 person but recently developed a sore throat, headaches and muscle aches. She was tested for COVID-19 on September 25th and her test results on September 28th indicated that she was positive for the virus.
The two hundredth and twenty third confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the northeast quadrant of the county, who has no significant travel history and denies any contact with a positive COVID-19 person. She is a healthcare worker who developed fever, chills, nausea, headaches, muscle aches and loss of taste and smell. She was given a rapid test for COVID-19 on September 29th 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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