LOCKPORT (WBEN) - On Wednesday afternoon, Niagara County officials announced two new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the county's total to 14 confirmed cases.
The first is a 62-year-old female in the Town of Pendleton, and the second is a 59-year-old female. Both patients are currently isolating in their homes.
"We continue to feel the frustration of testing here in Niagara County," said Legislature Chairman Rebecca Wydysh. "We've said over and over again that if we had the ability to do testing at the level that we would like to right now that our numbers would certainly be much higher. That is frustration that's being felt all over the state - we are not alone. Many counties are wishing they had more tests available and were able to do that."
Legislator Rich Andres, who also serves as the chair of the Economic Development Committee, discussed some of the ways in which officials are trying to help out residents.
"We've looked at our county tax deadline as a possible way that we can kind of adjust the way we do business to make it work for county taxpayers, businesses and homeowners as well," said Andres.
For those who would be paying their county tax bills by the April 1 deadline, Andres says the legislature will pass a bill to push that deadline 30 days, which will sort of serve as a moratorium on penalties and interest.
