New Covid cases since Thursday include 63 in Orleans, 56 in Genesee

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 13 September 2021 at 6:34 pm

There are 63 new Covid-19 cases in Orleans County since Thursday and 56 more in Genesee County, the Genesee and Orleans County health Departments reported today.

The new cases in Orleans include the age groups of 0-19, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

There are currently five Orleans County residents hospitalized due to Covid, which is up from three on Thursday, according to G-O Health.

Orleans also had 43 more of the previous positive individuals complete their 10-day isolation and they have been removed from mandatory isolation.

Genesee is reporting 56 new positive and the individuals are in the age groups of 0-19, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

There are currently 14 Genesee residents hospitalized due to Covid, which is down from 16 on Thursday, G-O Health said this afternoon.

Genesee is also reporting 37 more of the previous positive individuals have completed their 10-day isolation and been removed from mandatory isolation.

The active Covid cases in the two counties are up from 112 six days ago on Sept. 7 to 183 today. That includes Orleans – from 59 to 97 – and Genesee – from 53 to 86.