Orleans reports 1 more death at The Villages, for 22 total
County has 2 more recoveries, bringing that total to 51
One more person at The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation center has died from Covid-19, bringing the total deaths at the nursing home to 22 due to the coronavirus. The Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments announced the death today.
Orleans County also has one more confirmed case of Covid-19,a person from Carlton in the 70s. That brings the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 to 167 in Orleans County.
The newly positive community case was not on quarantine prior to becoming symptomatic, the health department said.
The county also has had two more people recover from the virus, bringing the total recoveries in the community to 51.
The health department also reports that 15 people from the county are currently hospitalized with Covid-19.
Genesee County has two new confirmed cases of Covid-19, bringing the county’s total to 172 cases.
One of the new positive cases resides in Batavia and other lives in Bergen. One of the individuals is in the 20s and the other is in the 50s. Both were not on quarantine prior to becoming symptomatic.
Five of the previous positive cases have recovered and have been released from mandatory isolation, bringing Genesee’s total recoveries to 104.
One Genesee resident remains hospitalized from coronavirus.
Click here to view an online map of Covid-19 cases in Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties. The map shows there are 22 active community cases in Orleans County, 13 in Genesee and six in Wyoming.
More information form the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments:
The facility breakdown is only showing those facilities from where the health department has received notice of a positive swab for Covid-19. Facilities will be added if there is a positive case of Covid-19.
Because the local health departments don’t follow the positive cases for facilities, we cannot report any recoveries from the facilities with positive cases of Covid-19. If a regulated facility from either of our counties is not listed, there are no positive cases of Covid-19. The local health departments do not have oversight with many regulated facilities, which may include nursing homes, correctional facilities, hospitals, etc.
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