Coronavirus stats for Nov. 2

Niagara County

The Niagara County Department of Health issued the following update on positive COVID-19 cases in Niagara County:

• 56 new positive cases since Friday morning, for a total of 2,182 positives to date (isolations + recoveries + deaths)
• 152 active cases (150 isolating at home, 2 in a hospital)
• 1,928 recovered
• 102 deaths
• 128,691 people tested, with less than 2% positive (source: https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/)
• Data on nursing home fatalities is tracked by New York state. That information can be at https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/diseases/covid-19/fatalities_nursing_home_acf.pdf.

Source: Niagara County “heat map”

Erie County

As of Sunday, Erie County had 53 new positive coronavirus tests and a yearly total of 13,504 confirmed COVID-19 cases (including 214 on Grand Island and 6,235 in the City of Buffalo). To date, 567,186 people have been tested (2.4% positive), with 717 deaths attributed to the coronavirus. Also, 89,673 people have taken an antibody test (7% positive).

Image courtesy of the Erie County “heat map”