Monroe County Health Commissioner Doctor Michael Mendoza says he's reporting 174 additional COVID-19 cases today...and expects the numbers tomorrow will be even higher.
Mendoza says he's afraid people are getting just plain sick of following the protective coronavirus guildlines...so they aren't socially distancing and wearing their masks. Doctor Mendoza spoke on a ZOOM conference with Monroe County Executive Adam Bello...who says they're seeing COVID Fatigue. He says contract tracers have repeatedly followed up on clusters of coronavirus infections only to find ten or a dozen people gathered in someone's basement to watch a football game or something similar without masks, and now they're getting sick.
Bello says over the next several days, they'll be coming up with a strategy to slow the spread. He says there are no state-designated COVID-19 clusters yet in Monroe County.