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COVID-19 positive rate continues to rise in WNY; Poloncarz says, 'Another bad day of COVID-19 test results'

"This is the second-highest number of positive tests for a day received," Poloncarz stated on Twitter.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo provided an update into the state's progress on the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, November 5 as rates continue to rise in the Western New York Region. 

Governor Cuomo shared that the statewide COVID-19 positivity rate for Wednesday, November 4 was 1.86 Percent.

"Every expert told us come the fall cases would go up, and that's what's happening around the country and the globe," Governor Cuomo said in a release.

For the Western New York region, the state reports that the positive rate for Wednesday was 3.3%. Below is the positive rate for the past three days in the region: 

  • Monday, November 2: 3.0 percent 
  • Tuesday, November 3: 3.4 percent    
  • Wednesday, November 4: 3.3 percent 

Executive Mark Poloncarz announced that Erie County's results for Wednesday reported, "another bad day of COVID-19 test results."

Poloncarz says the Erie County Department of Health reports that there were 241 new cases of COVID-19 in Erie County and the positive rate for Wednesday was 4.9 percent. 

"This is the second-highest number of positive tests for a day received," Poloncarz stated on Twitter.

The Western New York region includes Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties.

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