Broome County continues to see hundreds of new COVID-19 cases each day.
County Executive Jason Garnar said Friday there were 570 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing their five-day total to more than 2,500.
The county also reported five additional deaths from the virus.
Garnar himself tested positive on Monday after experiencing minor symptoms. He has been in isolation, which he will be released from on Sunday.
As part of the briefing, the county reiterated they are no longer doing contact tracing because it is considered ineffective with the current spread.
“We will be focusing our efforts instead on things like vaccinations, boosters, testing and providing public education on continued stategies to help mitigate COVID,” said Broome County Department of Health Interim Director Mary McFadden.
McFadden encourages people who test positive with an at-home kit to share their results with the county on the health department website.
