Health Department reports 9 new Covid cases in Orleans, 17 in Genesee

In past 8 days, Orleans has 86 cases, while Genesee has 143

Genesee and Orleans counties continue to see increases in Covid-19 cases with 9 more confirmed cases today in Orleans and 17 more in Genesee.

Orleans has now had 538 people test positive for Covid since March, including 86 in the past 8 days or 16 percent of the total.

In Genesee, 615 people have tested positive since March, including 143 in the past 8 days or 23 percent of the total.

In Orleans, the nine new cases today are residents in Barre, Carlton, Clarendon, Murray and Ridgeway. The individuals are in the age groups of 0-19, 40s, 50s and 60s.

Three of the individuals were on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive, the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments said.

Orleans also is reporting six more recoveries and those residents have been removed from the isolation list.

The county has four people hospitalized due to Covid, which is down from the six on Monday.

Genesee County’s 17 new positive cases are residents from Alexander, Batavia, Darien, Elba, LeRoy and Pembroke.

The individuals are in the age groups of 0-19, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

None of the individuals were on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive, the Health Departments reported in a news briefing.

Genesee also is reporting 21 recoveries and those people have been removed from the isolation list.

Genesee continues to have 9 people hospitalized due to Covid.

Click here to see an online map of confirmed cases in Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties. There are currently 268 active cases in the three counties, with 141 in Genesee, with 74 in Orleans and 53 in Wyoming.