August 26, 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 fourteen as there are
one-hundred and thirty five residents who have recovered from COVID-19.
The one hundredth and fifty first confirmed case is a female
resident who resides in the southwest quadrant of the county, who denies any
significant travel history or being in direct contact with a positive COVID-19
person. She developed fever, headaches, earaches, chills and sweats, and was
tested for COVID19 on August 24th. Her test results on August 25th indicated
that she was positive for the virus.
The one hundredth and fifty second confirmed case is a male
resident who resides in the northwest quadrant of the county, who denies any
significant travel history or being in direct contact with a positive COVID-19
person. He developed fever, fatigue, weakness, loss of taste and was recently
hospitalized. He was tested for COVID-19 on August 25th and his test results
indicated that he was positive for the virus.
The one hundredth and fifty third case is a female resident
who resides in the southwest corner of the county who denies any significant
travel history. She is a direct contact of a positive COVID-19 person and recently
developed cough, sore throat and congestion. She was tested for COVID-19 on
August 24th and her test results on August 26th indicated that she was positive
for the virus.
The department has begun a thorough contact tracing investigation
for those individuals that he has been in contact with and the places that he
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).
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.
