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Monroe County records another 64 COVID deaths

WXXI News | By Randy Gorbman

Published January 7, 2021 at 3:42 PM EST

The first cases of COVID-19 were located in Wuhan, China in December of last year. Within months, the novel coronavirus responsible for the disease has spread across the globe. In Monroe County 364 people have died of COVID-19 to date.

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Monroe County show a jump in the number of deaths. There were 64 new deaths, and those were recorded over a more than three-week period, from December 14 to January 4. The total is 685 to date.

The data released on Thursday show 461 new cases of the virus in the county. The 7-day rolling average of new cases is 555 new cases per day.

The 7-day rolling average positivity rate for Monroe County is 9.6%.

916 people in the Finger Lakes Region are hospitalized, 150 of them are in ICU.

The percentage of total hospital beds available in the Finger Lakes region on a 7-day rolling average is 30%.

The percentage of ICU Beds available in the Finger Lakes region on a 7-day rolling average is 25%.

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Here is the age breakdown of the latest Monroe County cases: