BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Southern Tier has seen a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks.
The seven day rolling average of new cases per 100,000 people in the eight-county region is now an alarming 19.25.
If the region was a state, its average would rank between Kentucky and Alaska. Any state with an average above 10 is on New York’s travel advisory list.
Additionally, in the last four days, the Southern Tier region has had more new cases each day than at any other point in the pandemic.
Testing in the region those four days has exceeded 13,000 tests each day. For comparison, the most tests conducted on a single day in the WNY region is 9,556.