****For Immediate Release****
Cattaraugus County Health Department was notified of four additional confirmed cases of COVID19 residents within Cattaraugus County. The department’s active positive COVID-19 caseload is
now thirty-four as there are one-hundred and fifty three residents who have recovered from
COVID-19.
The one hundred and eighty eighth confirmed case is a male resident who is residing in the
southwest quadrant of the county, who denies any significant travel history or being in direct
contact with a positive COVID-19 person. He reports being asymptomatic (no fever, no cough, no
body aches, etc.) and was tested for COVID-19 on September 2nd as part of the facility’s
requirement to test all new residents of the facility, and his test results on September 4th indicated
that he was positive for the virus.
The one hundred and eighty ninth confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the
southeast quadrant of the county, who denies any significant travel history. She reports being in
direct contact with a positive COVID-19 person and was recently hospitalized with fever, cough,
shortness of breath, body aches and pneumonia. She was tested for COVID-19 on September
3rd and her test results on September 4th indicated that she was positive for the virus.
The one hundred and ninetieth confirmed case is a female resident who resides in the southeast
quadrant of the county, who denies any significant travel history. She reports being in direct
contact with a positive COVID-19 person and recently developed cough. She was given a rapid
COVID-19 test on September 3rd and her test results indicated that she was positive for the virus.
The one hundred and ninety first confirmed case is a male resident who resides in the southeast
quadrant of the county, who denies any significant travel history. He reports being in direct contact
with a positive COVID-19 person and recently developed cough and congestion. He was tested
for COVID-19 on September 3rd and his test results on September 5th indicated that he 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.
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
