COVID numbers remain low in Erie County

GOVERNMENTS NEEDHETHE COUNTYEXECUTIVE NOTMINCING WORDS...YOUR LOCALGOVERNMENT NEEDSYOUR HELP..GOOD EVENING..I'MJEFF RUSSO..THE NUMBER OFCOVID CASES AREHOLDING STEADY INERIE COUNTY..BUT COSTSASSOCIATED WITH THEPANDEMIC CONTINUETO RISE.THAT'S WHY THECOUNTY EXECUTIVE ISNOW ASKING YOU TOSTEP-UP AND TAKEACTION.HANNAH BUEHLERREPORTS.ERIE COUNTYEXECUTIVE MARKPOLONCARZ SAYSERIE COUNTY IS DOINGWELL IN THE FIGHTAGAINST COVID 19 BUTAT LEAST FOR THEFORESEEABLEFUTURE THINGS WILLNOT BE GOING BACKTO NORMAL- ASMASK WEARING ANDSOCIAL DISTANCING ISHERE TO STAY TOKEEP NUMBERS LOW.VO:AT THIS POINT MORETHAN 20 THOUSANDPEOPLE WERE TESTEDAND THE INFECTIONRATE IS LESS THAN 1%STILL ERIE COUNTYOFFICIALS ARECRACKING DOWN ONBARS ANDRESTAURANTS ANDINVESTIGATING ANYAND ALL COMPLAINTS.AT THIS POINT THEREHAVE BEEN 84 PUBLICCOMPLAINTS IN THEFIRST FIVE DAYS INAUGUST AND ERIECOUNTY OFFICIALSHAVE LOOKED INTO 2THOUSANDCOMPLAINTS SINCERESTAURANTS REOPENED.AS WE TOLD YOUYESTERDAY,REPUBLICANMEMBERS OF THEERIE COUNTYLEGISLATURE AREPUTTING FORTH THEBUSINESS CLOSUREREPORTING ACTWHICH WOULDREQUIRE ANY ERIECOUNTY EMPLOYEERESPONSIBLE FORSHUTTING DOWN ARESTAURANT TOPROVIDE REASONINGTO THE ERIE COUNTYLEGISLATURE.TO THAT ERIE COUNTYEXECUTIVEPOLONCARZ HAD THISTO SAY:SOT: WILL FILL INWHEN I LISTENVO:THE TOPIC OF MAJORLEAGUE BASEBALLCAME UP AS PLAYERSFROM OTHER STATESWILL BE SOON COMINGTO BUFFALOLIVE:TO THAT ERIE COUNTYHEALTHCOMMISSIONER GALEBURSTEIN SAID THEREWAS A PRODUCTIVEMEETING THE OTHERDAY WITH MAJORLEAGUE BASEBALL.PLAYERS WILL COMEDIRECTLY FROM THEAIRPORT TO THEIRHOTELS.

WILLQUARANTINE THEREBEFORE PLAYING THEGAME AND LEAVING.NO PLAYERS FROMTHE MLB AND OTHERSTATES WILL BE OUTAND ABOUT INWESTERN NEW YORK.