The amount of people hospitalized or dead from the coronavirus in Western New York and Erie County continues to rise at an alarming rate.

The most recent reports have 428 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Western New York, with a total of 360 of in Erie County.

Another 60 county patients were in the Intensive Care Unit, with 34 on airway assist machines.

More than a third of patients in Erie County hospitals are under the age of 64 years old.

The past two weeks has been a deadly stretch for Erie County.

Of the 138 deaths in the month of November, 100 were in the final 14 days. This brings the total amount of COVID-19 deaths in Erie County to 869 since March.