New Covid cases reported since Friday include 11 in Orleans, 25 in Genesee

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 8 March 2021 at 4:35 pm

In the first update since last Friday afternoon, there are 36 new cases of Covid-19 to report today in Genesee and Orleans counties, which brings the total cases to 6,804 in the two counties since last March.

In Orleans County there are 11 new positive cases for a total of 2,448 positive cases during the pandemic. The new positive cases reside 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 and 70s. One of the newly positive people was under mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive, the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments reported.

Orleans is reporting 13 more of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list.

There is currently one county resident hospitalized due to Covid.

In Genesee County there are 25 new positive cases for a total of 4,356 positive cases during the pandemic.

The new positive cases reside in the 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, 70s and 90s.

Among the new cases 1 is a resident of the New York State Veterans’ Home at Batavia and 1 is an inmate at the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia.

Genesee is reporting 26 more of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list.

There are currently 4 individuals from Genesee hospitalized due to Covid.

Testing Clinic: Due to Tuesday’s vaccination clinic, there will not be a testing clinic this week in the two counties. The testing clinic link will be live when clinics are scheduled. This will be determined week-to-week.