Traveling to Erie County? Mask Mandates Reinstated Indoors

If you have any plans to travel to Buffalo, don’t forget to bring your mask. Starting today, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has reinstated a mask mandate for all indoor public locations in the county. This is in hopes to combat the spread of COVID-19 since rates continue to rise in WNY and hospital capacity hit 91 percent. Poloncarz took to Twitter to share the latest COVID-19 data summary:

These are the latest COVID-19 case data summary results, as of 11/21/21. Erie County is four times above the CDC's determined rate of "high transmission." pic.twitter.com/QvPcWkzwhQ

— Mark Poloncarz (@markpoloncarz) November 22, 2021

New York Governor Kathy Hochul also commented on Poloncraz decision to reinstate the mask mandate by tweeting:

I commend Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz for taking strong actions today to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Western New York. This is an example of the leadership we need to see at the local level to combat this deadly virus.

— Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) November 22, 2021

Source: 13 WHAM