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Niagara County Announces 3 Deaths and 117 New COVID-19 Cases on Wednesday, December 16th, 2020

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Staff · December 16, 2020
Niagara County Announces 3 Deaths and 117 New COVID-19 Cases on Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
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By: Reporter Staff

The Niagara County Department of Health issued the following update on positive COVID-19 cases in Niagara County:

We regretfully report the deaths of three Niagara County residents.  We send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of these individuals:

  • 93 year-old male with underlying health conditions
  • 94 year-old female with underlying health conditions
  • 47 year-old female with underlying health conditions

    The rest of the update is as follows:

  • 117 new positive cases
  • Total of 6289 positives to date (isolations + recoveries + deaths)
  • 1690 active cases (1660 isolating at home, 30 in hospital)
  • 4477 recovered
  • 122 deaths
  • 193,000 tests of Niagara County residents (https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/)

The Niagara County heat map that breaks the positive cases down by municipality since the beginning of the pandemic can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/ybgzmusw.

The Niagara County heat map that breaks down active cases only by municipality can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y5b4hldh.

Data on nursing home fatalities is tracked by New York State.  That information can be found here: https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/diseases/covid-19/fatalities_nursing_home_acf.pdf

Information and resources relative to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) can be found at:  https://www.niagaracounty.com/health/Services/Public-Health-Preparedness/2019-Novel-Coronavirus-COVID-19

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