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.
A new cases involves a female who resides in the northeastern part of
the county. She is a healthcare worker who has worked with positive COVID-19
patients. She developed what she thought was a sinus infection and loss of
taste and smell and was tested for COVID-19 on April 17th. The results of her
test on April 18th indicated that she was positive for COVID-19.
The patient is resting at home, and now under quarantine
with her family. She and her family will be assessed for any medical support
that we can provide and we will monitor their symptoms closely.
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.
We continue to ask our residents to hunker down, and avoid
any non-essential travel, especially to areas where there is community wide
spread of COVID-19 otherwise, you place your family and other Cattaraugus
County residents at risk. If travel is necessary, please wear a homemade cloth
face mask while in public and maintain social distancing, at least 6 feet away
from other people.
