New Covid cases reported today include 4 in Orleans, 18 in Genesee

Orleans and Genesee counties combined are reporting 22 more cases of Covid-19, which brings the total in the two counties to 6,646 since last March.

In Orleans County there are 4 new confirmed cases of Covid for a total of 2,409 positive cases during the pandemic, according to today’s update from the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments.

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 and 80s. Orleans is reporting 3 of the new positive individuals were under mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive.

The county also has 4 more recoveries from Covid. There is currently one person from the county hospitalized due to Covid.

In Genesee County there are 18 new cases of Covid-19 for a total of 4,237 positive cases during the pandemic.

The new positive cases reside 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, 70s and 80s.

Genesee is reporting 18 more of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list.

There are currently 14 county residents hospitalized due to Covid.

The G-O Health Departments reported one positive resident was retracted after a case at the Batavia VA Medical Center was determined to be a duplicate.

These charts from the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments show the recent data is mostly trending downward in the two counties.