****For Immediate Release****
May 2, 2020
Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of two additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 residents within Cattaraugus County.
The thirty-eighth confirmed case is a male resident who resides in the northwest quadrant of the county, who has a travel history to Buffalo for work, presented with congestion and overall not feeling well on Monday, April 27th. He was tested by the department on April 30th because he was symptomatic and because he has two family members that are healthcare workers. The result of his test on May 1st indicated that he was positive for COVID-19.
The thirty-ninth confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the northeast quadrant of the county, she works for a nursing home in Buffalo, who tested negative for COVID-19 on April 22nd. She has been asymptomatic for the most part except for a dry cough. She was retested on April 30th since testing was offered for healthcare employees, and her test results on May 1st indicated that she was positive for COVID-19.
The department has begun a thorough contact tracing investigation for those individuals that they have been in contact with and the places that they visited.
May 2, 2020
Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of two additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 residents within Cattaraugus County.
The thirty-eighth confirmed case is a male resident who resides in the northwest quadrant of the county, who has a travel history to Buffalo for work, presented with congestion and overall not feeling well on Monday, April 27th. He was tested by the department on April 30th because he was symptomatic and because he has two family members that are healthcare workers. The result of his test on May 1st indicated that he was positive for COVID-19.
The thirty-ninth confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the northeast quadrant of the county, she works for a nursing home in Buffalo, who tested negative for COVID-19 on April 22nd. She has been asymptomatic for the most part except for a dry cough. She was retested on April 30th since testing was offered for healthcare employees, and her test results on May 1st indicated that she was positive for COVID-19.
The department has begun a thorough contact tracing investigation for those individuals that they have been in contact with and the places that they visited.
