Chautauqua County’s three hospitals are receiving more than $3 million from the federal government to fight the coronavirus.

On Monday in a news release from U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, he stated that “After tirelessly fighting for a Marshall-Plan for healthcare during CARES Act negotiations last month,” he announced that New York state will receive approximately $1.46 Billion in additional hospital and health system funding allocated by Health and Human Services to combat COVID-19. This announcement comes on the heels of his announcement last week that New York would be receiving $4.4 billion of a new $10 billion allocation designated for ‘hot spots.’

Locally, the Brooks-TLC Hospital System will receive $1,009,000, Westfield Memorial Hospital will receive $126,000 and UPMC Chautauqua in Jamestown will receive $2,080,000.

Schumer explained that the funding is the second round to come out of the $50 billion he negotiated for hospitals nationally, and that there will be more money allocated over the next few days.

“Our hospitals and providers have been New York’s heroes in the fight against COVID-19, and these critical dollars will help keep the fight against the virus going strong,” he said in a statement. “New York and its hospitals have been on the frontline of the battle against the virus for over a month now and they are struggling. I will fight with everything I’ve got to get New York’s incredible healthcare workforce all the federal support they need to beat back this pandemic.”