BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN) - Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced another 139 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the county, bringing its current total to 1,951. While hundreds of people have recovered, there are still more than 200 people in the hospital.
There are now 107 confirmed #Coronavirus/#COVID19 deaths in Erie County. @ECDOH advises me 42 of the 107 (39%) of deaths are associated with long-term care facilities in Erie County.Per @HealthNYGov, 7,672 total tests have been administered in Erie County through yesterday. pic.twitter.com/XubSjPkr3s
— Mark Poloncarz (@markpoloncarz) April 16, 2020 A breakdown by ages and gender is below{*} 1/2 pic.twitter.com/jBqjFGGtRA— Mark Poloncarz (@markpoloncarz) April 16, 2020
According to the coronavirus heat map in Erie County there are still 107 deaths.
The latest information from Erie County shows there are 240 people hospitalized with coronavirus. There are 108 people in ICU and 91 who need a ventilator. The 240 hospitalizations are the most this month.
Poloncarz said that the hospitalization data is the key to determining the peak. Erie County no longer supplies data on recovered cases and active cases because those are only collected based on self-reporting. Poloncarz told reporters on Wednesday that because not everyone self-reported their recovery, they would be not be sending out accurate information.
Poloncarz announced on Thursday he will no longer conduct daily coronavirus updates. Instead, he will hold the press briefings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
