10 new Covid cases in Orleans, 23 more in Genesee

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 27 April 2021 at 4:36 pm

Active cases in 2 counties up from 153 to 180 in past 7 days

Orleans and Genesee counties combined are reporting 33 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the total in the two counties to 7,895 since March 2020. That includes 2,852 in Orleans and 5,043 in Genesee.

The number of active cases in the two counties is up from 153 on April 20 to 180 today. In Orleans, the actives cases is down slightly from 83 to 80 in the past seven days, while Genesee is up from 70 to 100.

Orleans County today is reporting 10 new Covid cases, and they are residents in the West Region (Yates, Ridgeway, Shelby), Central Region (Carlton, Gaines, Albion, Barre) and East Region (Kendall, Murray, Clarendon). The individuals are in the age groups of 0-19, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

Orleans is reporting 21 more of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list.

There are currently 2 Orleans County residents hospitalized due to Covid.

In Genesee County there are 23 new positive Covid cases. The new cases are residents in the West Region (Alabama, Darien, Pembroke), Central Region (Alexander, Batavia, Bethany, Elba, Oakfield) and East Region (Bergen, Byron, LeRoy, Pavilion, Stafford). The individuals are in the age groups of 0-19, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

Genesee has 28 more of the previous positive individuals recovered and removed from the isolation list.

Genesee County continues to have IT issues and the hospitalizations will be updated as soon as the issue is fixed, hopefully in the next day, the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments said.