New Covid cases reported today include 6 in Orleans, 13 in Genesee

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 11 March 2021 at 8:48 pm

There are 19 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 today in Genesee and Orleans counties, bringing the total to 6,863 in the two counties since March a year ago.

In Orleans County there are 6 new cases reported today for a total of 2,462 cases during the pandemic.

The positive cases reside in the West Region (Yates, Ridgeway, Shelby) and East Region (Kendall, Murray, Clarendon).

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

One of the newly positive individuals was under mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive, the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments said today.

In Orleans, 3 more of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list.

There is currently 1 county resident hospitalized due to Covid.

Genesee County today reported 13 new positive cases of Covid-19 for a total of 4,401 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, 50s, 70s and 80s. (One of the new positive individuals is an inmate at the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia.)

Genesee is reporting 4 more of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list.

There are currently 5 Genesee residents hospitalized due to Covid.