Hospitalizations doubled to 24 and there were 87 new cases of COVID-19 reported for Wednesday, September 8th in Chautauqua County. There have been 1,133 new cases since August 1st.
According to the most recent numbers from the county’s COVID-19 dashboard, there are 345 total active cases as of Wednesday.
The 7-day average positivity rate is 9.1% with a CDC level of community transmission of “high.”
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 10,477 confirmed cases in the county, with over 9900 being listed as recovered.
166 people have died of COVID-19 in Chautauqua County.
We need a mask mandate in place. Last year at this time we had 48,000 people in hospitals with Covid – this year at the exact time we have 100,000 people in the hospital with Covid DESPITE the vaccines. Masks work. It’s time the Dept. of Health or whoever mandates masks for Chautauqua county. I think they should be mandated for the country but I am not in charge.
I totally agree!!! The big question is WHY haven’t they… 😡😡😡😡😡And I noticed they did not specify how many of the 24 in hospital are vaccinated !
They need to put the mask on everybody again. Vaccinated people are more of a danger at this point because they can carry the virus and pass it on to others just as easily. People are roaming around with a false sense of security . Nobody likes the mask but they are better than no protection at all. Injections are a personal choice no one should be condemned for getting one or not getting one !
The absolute fact that we had fewer hospitalizations last year at this time – 48,000 compared to 100,000 – today shows masks work. The medical community needs to stop pushing vaccines & push masks. We had no vaccines last year at this time but fewer hospitalizations for Covid. These figures are from the CDC. My vaccinated husband died from complications to Covid.