****For Immediate Release****
Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of its one hundredth and twentieth confirmed case
of COVID-19. The reporting laboratory was Kaleida Health-Flint Road, Buffalo, NY. The department’s
active positive COVID-19 caseload is now eight as there are one hundred and eight residents who have
recovered from COVID-19.
The latest case is a female resident who resides in the northwest corner of the county who has no
significant travel history. She reports being asymptomatic (no fever, no cough, no body aches, etc.), and
denies being in contact with a known positive COVID-19 person. She was tested for COVID-19 on July 23rd
as part of a pre-op requirement prior to a surgical procedure and her test results on July 26th indicated
that he was positive for the virus.
The department has begun a thorough contact tracing investigation for those individuals that she has
been in contact with and the places that she has visited.
We would like to reiterate that if any resident experience fever, cough, shortness of breath or whole body
aches they should contact their health care provider (avoid going directly to an Urgent Care facility, or the
Emergency Room before calling).
In addition, wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. This is especially important
after using the bathroom, coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose.
If soap and water is not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains a minimum of 60%
alcohol.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth, especially with unwashed hands.
Disinfect commonly touched surfaces with a cleaner that is approved by the EPA against COVID-19.
Finally, in an effort to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 in our community, any resident interested
in getting tested, can register for a test at www.cattco.org/covid-19-test or call 716-938-9119 or
716-938-2265.
