New Covid cases since Friday include 8 in Orleans, 30 in Genesee

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 1 March 2021 at 4:22 pm

Orleans and Genesee counties are reporting 38 more cases of Covid-19 today in the first update since Friday. That puts the combined total to 6,684 for the two counties since March 2020.

In Orleans County there are 8 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 for a total of 2,417 positive cases since last March.

The 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, 30s, 40s, 60s and 80s.

Of the new cases, 3 were under mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive, the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments said.

Orleans is reporting 25 of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list. There are now 36 active Covid cases in the county.

There is currently one Orleans County resident hospitalized due to Covid.

In Genesee County there 30 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 for a total of 4,267 positive cases since last March.

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 and 60s.

Genesee is reporting 43 of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list. There are now 82 positive Covid cases in the county.

Of the new cases, 6 are inmates at the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia. There are 9 Genesee residents hospitalized due to Covid.

The G-O Health Departments said three positive residents of The New York State Veterans’ Home at Batavia were retracted because they were determined to be duplicates.