Western New York Coronavirus positivity rate remains higher than the state average

Western New York Coronavirus positivity rate remains higher than the state average

On Tuesday 1.4% of Coronavirus tests in Western New York came back positive, compared to 0.8% for the rest of the state.

GOOD EVENING ONCEAGAIN -- TONIGHT -- ACOVID-19 WARNING.LOCAL HEALTHEXPERTS ARWORRIED FATIGUE OFTHE PANDEMIC....COULD CAUSE THEVIRUS TO SPREAWESTERN NEWYORK'S POSITIVITYRATE... REMAINS WELLABOVE THE STATEAVERAGE.YESTERDAY - ONE-POINT-FOUR PERCENTOF TESTS CAME BACKPOSITIVE.7 EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER GILATMELAMED SHOWS USERIE COUNTY'SRESPONSE TO THISRECENT TREND."UNFORTUNATELYERIE COUNTY ISTRENDING HIGHER INTHE LAST FEW WEEKSIN REGARDS TONUMBERS COMPAREDTO COMPARABLECOUNTY'S THAT'S NOTGOOD."ERIE COUNTYEXECUTIVE MARKPOLONCARZ SAYSMOST OF THE CASESARE BELIEVED TOCOME FROMCOMMUNITY SPREAD.EARLIER THIS WEEKGOVERNOR CUOMOREFERRED TO A STEELPLANT IN THE COUNTYAS HAVING ACLUSTER..

THECOUNTY EXECUTIVEWOULD NOT SPECIFYANY BUSINESSES ORAREAS, DURING HISPRESS BRIEFING ONWEDNESDAYAFTERNOON."WHEN WE'RE TALKINGABOUT CLUSTERSWE'RE TALKING ABOUTA HANDFUL LESS THAN10."AS THE STATECONTINUES TOREOPEN THE COUNTYSAYS ONLY ABOUT 1/3OF GYMS HAVEREQUESTEDMANDATORYREOPENINGINSPECTIONS.

THOSETHAT DON'T WILL BEFORCED TO SHUTDOWN.WITH THE SCHOOLYEAR QUICKLYAPPROACHING THECOUNTY SAYS THEREIS CONCERNS WITHBOTH GRADE SCHOOLAND COLLEGES.BUT HEALTHCOMMISSIONER DR.GALE BURSTEIN SAYSNEW YORK ISDIFFERENT FROMOTHER PLACES THATHAD OUTBREAKSFORCING CAMPUSESTO SHUT DOWN..,"SO ITS REALLYREFLECTIVE OF THECOMMUNITY RATE.

ASLONG AS WE KEEPOUR RATES DOWN THESCHOOLS HAVE ABETTER CHANCE OFKEEPING THEIRNUMBERS DOWN."GOVERNOR CUOMO ISLABELING WESTERNNEW YORK WITH ACAUTION FLAG.INFECTIOUS DISEASEEXPERT DR. THOMASRUSSO SAYSWESTERN NEW YORKHAS BEEN STAGNANTFOR ABOUT 5 WEEKSWHILE OTHER PLACESHAVE DROPPED.ALL IN ALL I THINKWE'RE STILL DOINGPRETTY WELL :03HE SAYS UNDER 2% ISA GOOD SIGN.

ANDITS IMPORTANT TOWATCH FOR ROLLINGAVERAGES AND ANYUPTICKS.

NOTGETTING TOOFOCUSED ON APARITUCLAR DAY.THE KEY THING TOKEEP AN EYE ON ISTRENDS AND OURTRENDS HAVE BEENRELATIVELY FLATOVER THE LAST FIVEWEEKS."HE SAYS THE MOSTIMPORTANT THING ISTO STILL BE VIGILANTAND NOT GET "COVIDFATIGUE."IN BUFFALO, GILATMELAMED, 7EYEWITNESS NEW