More than 1,000 Erie County residents have died of COVID-19 since pandemic started

More than 1,000 Erie County residents have died of COVID-19 since pandemic started
Currently, 76.7% of the hospital beds in Erie County are occupied, and 21% of those hospitalized are in the ICU.
Author: WGRZ Staff
Updated: 4:39 PM EST December 17, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than 1,000 Erie County residents have died as a result of COVID-19 since the pandemic began earlier this year. 
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz shared the numbers Thursday during a weekly briefing. In total, 1001 residents have died as of December 16.
The seven-day positivity rate is 6.1% for Erie County. Poloncarz says hospitalizations have leveled off, but the number of hospitalizations is still much higher than they were at the highest levels in April. 

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