Covid-19 in Western New York: The latest statistics Apr 27, 2023 Apr 27, 2023 Updated Feb 17, 2026 0 1 min to read Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 394,400 Western New Yorkers have contracted Covid-19 since March 2020 and 4,368 have died of it. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm%96 7:G6\4@F?EJ C68:@? – tC:6[ }:282C2[ r92FE2FBF2[ r2EE2C2F8FD 2?5 p==682?J 4@F?E:6D – 925 C6A@CE65 564=:?:?8 42D6 4@F?ED[ 9@DA:E2=:K2E:@?D 2?5 562E9D D:?46 :ED D64@?5\H2G6 A62< :? y2?F2CJ a_a`[ 2D G244:?2E:@?D C2>A65 FA 24C@DD E96 C68:@? 2?5 >@C6 A6@A=6 24BF:C6 :>>F?:EJ] r2D6D 2?5 9@DA:E2=:K2E:@?D C@D6 :? 62C=J DAC:?8[ A62<65 :? >:5\pAC:= 2?5 564=:?65 D92CA=J 367@C6 368:??:?8 2? FAE:4< :? yF=J E92E 4@?E:?F65 :?E@ E96 72==] %96 ?F>36C @7 ?6H 42D6D 5C@AA65 :? 62C=J s646>36C 3FE E96? D9@E 324< FA 2C@F?5 E96 9@=:52J[ C6249:?8 E96 9:896DE =6G6=D D:?46 E96 DE2CE @7 E96 A2?56>:4] %96 ?F>36C @7 52:=J C6A@CE65 42D6D E@AA65 a[___ E9C66 E:>6D :? 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