Five more people have died of COVID-19 in Monroe County, the Department of Public Health said on Saturday. Those deaths brought the county's total toll from the disease to 235.
The number of people in hospitals for COVID-19 treatment in the county fell for a sixth straight day, according to the health department's figures. The department said 164 people were hospitalized with the disease on Saturday, down from a peak of 195 on Sunday.
Of those in the hospital, 16 were on ventilators in intensive care units, the county said.
Out of more than 1,000 diagnositic tests results the health department received on Saturday, 32 were positive, including a boy under 10 years old and two women in their 90s.
