MAYVILLE – The Chautauqua County Health Department says they are looking into a new cluster of COVID-19 cases.
Leaders report at least 11 people over the past week were infected after attending a private event in northern Chautauqua County.
No other information was released about the investigation. WNY News Now will continue to follow this story and bring updates online at WNYNewsNow.com and on our mobile app.
On Thursday a dozen new cases of the virus were reported in the county, with 128 people now actively sickened with the virus.
Of the new cases, five are in Dunkirk, with two in Clymer and one in Jamestown, Lakewood, Fredonia, Brocton and Silver Creek.
Out of the active cases, ten are employees and 44 are residents of Tanglewood Manor’s outbreak. A total of 8 employees and 42 residents of the facility have since recovered.
There are now 16 people in the hospital locally because of COVID-19, that number down two from Wednesday’s update.
To date 783 people have recovered from the virus with 13 related deaths and 924 cases total.
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