BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced Tuesday that COVID-19 deaths in the county have reached more than 100.
Poloncarz says 101 individuals have died. He also says the health department received confirmation more deaths that occurred since April 10 that were not known about previously.
I just received some very sad news: Erie County's total number of deaths from the #Coronavirus pandemic has risen to 101. It went up so much from 2 days ago because @ECDOH received confirmation of 31 deaths that occurred since 4/10 that we had not known about previously. pic.twitter.com/bZW5sYp5Rx
— Mark Poloncarz (@markpoloncarz) April 14, 2020
As of Wednesday, the number of confirmed cases in the county is 1,730.