COVID case numbers in Monroe County are higher than average, even as the positive test rate has gone down slightly.
There were 261 new cases confirmed yesterday, and 257 the day before. That raises the 7-day rolling average of new cases to 209 per day.
The positive test rate is averaging 3.7 percent.
Case numbers among school children are still trending higher, and the number of people hospitalized is at a five-month high.