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Monroe County reports 294 additional COVID-19 cases on Friday

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The latest daily numbers on COVID-19 for Monroe County are still high, but not as high as they were on Thursday when there were 373 new positive cases.

Friday, the county’s Department of Public Health reported 294 new cases.

The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 259 cases per day. The county did not yet have the new seven-day rolling positivity rate.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the 7-day rolling average COVID-19 infection rate in the 'yellow zone' within Monroe County is at 4.12%. that was down from 4.39% from the day before.

There were no new deaths reported in Monroe County on Friday, keeping that total at 313.

The COVID-19 infection rate for the Finger Lakes region on Thursday was 3.2%, up from 2.9% on Wednesday. The Buffalo area and Mid-Hudson region of the state had higher infection rates.

Here is the age breakdown of the latest positive cases:

Credit Monroe County Dept. of Public Health

Randy Gorbman is WXXI's director of news and public affairs. Randy manages the day-to-day operations of WXXI News on radio, television, and online.