Erie County Coronavirus Tally at 56

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Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz says the latest tally of positive Coronavirus cases in the county is now at 56.

Poloncarz says two of the new cases are in the city of Buffalo, and one in Clarence.

Today's tests have been competed. 56 Erie County residents have tested positive for #COVID19. 349 tests have been competed so far on Erie County residents, and 232 are pending. You can see what cities and towns have cases here: https://t.co/4Ik4xaZru4 pic.twitter.com/cCaOXIKkir

— Mark Poloncarz (@markpoloncarz) March 21, 2020

Buffalo has the most coronavirus cases in the county at 19, with Amherst/Williamsville at 16.

Poloncarz says there will be people who will recover from coronavirus and once they are identified, the public will be informed.

"We have 300 outstanding tests that need to be completed through our lab," says Poloncarz. "It's still going to take us a few days. Right now, they are processing swabs taken Tuesday. They're hoping to get through Tuesday and part of Wednesday's swabs today. They can only do so many tests per day."

Across New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo reported Saturday there were 10,356 in the state and about 8,000 of those cases are in the NYC metro area.