2 more deaths from Covid-19 reported at The Villages

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 28 April 2020 at 4:18 pm

Orleans has 5 more confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing total to 86

Two more people have died from Covid-19 at The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Facility in Albion, the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments reported this afternoon.

There are now 11 deaths at the nursing home in Albion from Covid-19. There are also two more confirmed cases of coronavirus at the facility, bringing the total to 44 confirmed cases at The Villages.

“Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of these individuals during this difficult time,” the Health Departments said in a statement this afternoon.

There are five more confirmed cases reported today in the county, including the two at the Villages. That brings the county’s total to 86 confirmed cases. Those cases include 26 people who have recovered after having Covid-19. Six people are currently hospitalized with Covid-19.

Of the five new cases reported today, one person lives in Barre, one in Murray, and three in Albion with two of the Albion cases at The Villages.

One individual is in the 20s, two are in their 30s, one is in the 50s, and one is in the 90s.

In Genesee County, there are two new positive cases for 148 total. One of the new positives lives in Batavia and the other resides in the Town of Alabama. One is in the 30s and the other is in the 70s.

One of the newly positive individuals was on quarantine prior to becoming symptomatic.

One of the previous positive cases also has recovered and has been released from mandatory isolation. That brings the total recoveries in Genesee County to 73, the Health Departments reported.

Genesee has three people currently hospitalized from Covid-19.

Click here to view the Genesee and Orleans County online map of confirmed cases.

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