****For Immediate
Release****
May 3, 2020
Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of two
additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 residents within Cattaraugus County.
The fortieth confirmed case is a female resident who resides
in the northwest quadrant of the county, who has no significant travel history,
developed a persistent cough, headaches, and body aches. She was tested by the
department on May 1st because she was symptomatic, and on May 2nd, her test
results indicated that she was positive for COVID-19.
The forty-first confirmed case is a female resident who
resides in the northwest quadrant of the county. She is a healthcare worker at
a nursing home in Buffalo who had direct contact with a positive COVID-19
co-worker and patient. She developed cough, shortness of breath, headaches and
body aches. She was tested by the department on May 1st, and on May 2nd, her
test results 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 have visited.
