Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz: 'We're not out of this pandemic' News Staff Reporter Jul 27, 2021 Jul 27, 2021 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the past six weeks, the seven-day total of new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Erie County has gone from 45 to 298.kAm%96 D6G6?\52J A@D:E:G:EJ C2E6 7@C E96 (6DE6C? }6H *@C< C68:@? – E96 A6C46?E286 @7 r@G:5\`h E6DED 4@>:?8 324< A@D:E:G6 – 92D 4C66A65 FA E@ @G6C aT]k^AmkAmw@DA:E2=:K2E:@?D :? (6DE6C? }6H *@C< 9@DA:E2=D[ H9:49 H6C6 2E 2? 2== E:>6 =@H @7 `_ ;FDE 2 76H H66<D 28@[ 2C6 FA E@ bg A2E:6?ED]k^AmkAm%96 ?F>36CD 2C6 DE:== >F49 =@H6C E92? E96J H6C6 :? H:?E6C 2?5 E96 DAC625 :D ?@H96C6 ?62C H92E =2C86 DH2E9D @7 E96 ?2E:@?VD $@FE962DE 2?5 |:5H6DE 2C6 4FCC6?E=J 6IA6C:6?4:?8]k^Am People are also reading… Marion's fire-EMS chief is leaving Marion to serve the Commonwealth Marion man found guilty of assaulting town employee Former Lt. Gov. 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