There were 358 more COVID-19 coronavirus cases and five more deaths related to the virus across the region between Wednesday and Friday. Each of the figures reflected a slight reduction in trends that rose over first three weeks of the new year.
Potter County’s active case count stands at approximately 100, with the largest infestations in the Coudersport, Shinglehouse and Austin areas. Pa. Dept. of Health considers a case to be “active,” and the victim contagious, if a positive test result occurred over the past 14 days.
A recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control model has found that the actual number of COVID-19 infections in a locale could be as much as eight times higher than the detected cases. See details here.
Between Wednesday and Friday there were nine more cases in Potter County; 47 cases and one more death in McKean County; three cases in Cameron; 14 cases in Tioga; 116 cases and one death in Lycoming; 35 cases and one deaths in Elk; 15 cases and one death in Clinton; 101 cases and one death in Cattaraugus County, N.Y.; and 18 cases in Allegany County, N.Y.
Entering Friday, overall case counts since the virus was detected stood as follows: Potter, 791 cases and 17 deaths; Tioga, 2,184 cases, 87 deaths; McKean, 2,379 cases, 51 deaths; Cattaraugus, 3,528 cases, 62 deaths; Allegany, 2,437 cases, 75 deaths; Clinton, 2,407 cases, 46 deaths; Elk, 2,031 cases, 30 deaths; Cameron, 224 cases, 6 deaths; and Lycoming, 7,649 cases, 193 deaths.