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Chautauqua County residents in the hospital with COVID-19 remain low, according to information released Friday by the health department.
There were only eight hospitalized as of Thursday, when virus-related data is collected. Not all in the hospital are there because of the coronavirus, but simply have tested positive for COVID-19.
The county Health Department also recorded 14 new confirmed cases. Four are from the Jamestown zip code, two each in Falconer and Ripley, and one each in Dunkirk, Fredonia, Silver Creek, Cassadaga, Conewango Valley and Westfield.
To date there have been 8,822 total confirmed cases, 8,521 recoveries and 147 virus-related deaths. There are currently 154 active cases, 505 in quarantine and a seven-day positivity rate of 2.3%.
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Chautauqua County Reports 65 New COVID-19 Cases, One New Death; Ashtabula County Sees 33 New Cases
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The novel coronavirus has reached nearly every corner of Chautauqua County.
The county Health Department announced 61 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Seventeen new cases were reported in Jamestown and eight new cases were each reported in Dunkirk and Fredonia. A number of municipalities also reported four new cases or less.
The only municipalities that have zero active cases include the Celoron, Chautauqua, Conewango Valley, Dewittville, Findley Lake and Gerry zip codes.
Hospitalizations rose by one to 20 and 1,631 individuals are under quarantine orders.
The county’s seven-day infection rate now stands at 6.2%.
In total, 2,193 have tested positive for the virus. Of that number, 1,792 have recovered. The 20-29 age demographic has doubled