Niagara County Reports First COVID-19 Death Since August 25h; Twelve New Positive Cases

Staff

4 years ago

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By: Staff Reporter

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

We regret to report that death of a 76 year-old male with underlying health conditions. We send our sincere condolences to his family and friends. This is the first death Niagara County has reported since August 25^th.

The rest of the update is as follows:

12 new positive cases
Total of 1919 positives to date (isolations + recoveries + deaths)
87 active cases (86 isolating at home, 1 in hospital)
1730 recovered
102 deaths
108,930 people tested (source: https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/ )

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

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