County reports 36 new COVID cases; 140 in last week
The Chautauqua County Department of Health reported 36 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, in addition to 155 active cases of the coronavirus.
Since last Friday, the county has reported 140 new cases of the virus.
The new cases break down as follows: eight in the Jamestown zip code, three in Silver Creek, four in Westfield, two in Clymer, five in Fredonia, two in Frewsburg, four in Dunkirk and one each in Panama, Sinclairville, Mayville, Bemus Point, Forestville, Cherry Creek, Falconer and Cassadaga.
There remains 12 people with COVID-19 in the hospital as of Tuesday, according to the most recent data available, in addition to 1,258 recoveries, 16 deaths and 1,429 total confirmed cases.