Active COVID cases, hospitalizations drop in county
Chautauqua County’s COVID hospitalizations, active cases and seven-day positivity rate all fell in numbers released on Thursday.
The county Health Department reported 32 new COVID cases, along with one new death related to the virus. To date, there have been 7,170 total confirmed cases and 129 fatalities.
However, the number of active cases have dropped, from 239 reported Wednesday to 233; in addition the number of people in the hospital with COVID also dipped, from 29 to 27.
And the positivity rate, the number of positive cases compared to the total number of tests administered, went from 4.8% to 4.4% in the county.
In Cattaraugus County, 28 new COVID cases were reported Wednesday evening. There are currently 306 active cases, 22 people with the virus in the hospital and a seven-day positivity rate of 5%.
To date, there have been 4,022 confirmed cases in Cattaraugus County as well as 82 virus-related deaths and 3,642 recoveries.


