(WIVB) – Erie County has set a new daily record for COVID-19 cases.
The Erie County Department of Health confirmed 948 positive cases for Dec. 1, with a daily positivity rate of 10.4 percent. This is the highest single-day total of any point in the pandemic.
According to Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, 4,519 total new cases were confirmed over the past seven days.
Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the record. 948 cases is a single-day high for the county.
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