More grim numbers on COVID-19 in Monroe County. The Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 678 more cases, another daily high for that statistic.
And there were nine additional deaths, the highest daily number of deaths so far. That’s on top of seven additional deaths each day reported on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The number of deaths to date in the county this year due to the coronavirus is 373.
The seven-day rolling average positivity rate in Monroe County was at 8.62%. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 581 new cases per day.
For the nine-county Finger Lakes region, 604 people are hospitalized, with 114 of them in the ICU.
This is the age breakdown for the latest COVID-19 cases in Monroe County:
Credit Monroe County Dept. of Public Health
