ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. — Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz posted an update on Thursday night, saying that the total cases at the end of the day is 2,671 and that nine more people have died from the coronavirus.
So far, 197 Erie residents have died from COVID-19.
As of noon on Thursday, 10,760 people had been tested.
Poloncarz tweeted Thursday afternoon an update on the coronavirus in Erie County that included statistics about cases so far. At the time of Poloncarz's post, there were 2,594 positive cases in the county, and Poloncarz said that slightly above half are cases were people who live outside of the City of Buffalo.
Poloncarz said in his post that 60 percent of all cases are from individuals who reside outside of the City of Buffalo, and 40 percent within the city.
Additionally, 55 percent of the confirmed cases at the time of his post in Erie County have been female, and 45 percent have been male.
Poloncarz will not address the public in a Facebook Live until Friday.