Elective Surgery in Erie County Still On Hold as of April 29, 2020. Note this gets frequently updated. Governor Cuomo said a county has to meet two criteria in order for the surgeries to resume. A county has to have more than 25 percent of its hospital space available, and fewer than 10 new COVID-19 hospitalizations in the past 10 days. Each individual hospital in a county that has elective surgeries also has to meet the criteria to be able to perform elective surgeries at that hospital. Erie County has not met those requirements yet.
