A spectacular rainbow emerged this evening in the bright sun. Valerie Busch took the top photo on Porter Road facing Knowlesville Road in Ridgeway.
David Karcz took this photo of the rainbow at about 6:30 p.m. from Eagle Harbor Road.
Daniel Patrick Hurley sent in his photo from Lattin Road in Gaines this evening.
Return to topPress Release, Orleans County Clerk Nadine Hanlon
ALBION – A weeklong outage of the NYS DMV computer system has prevented customers from scheduling all commercial, regular and motorcycle road tests.
In addition, customers are unable to use the computer to take commercial, regular and motorcycle permit tests.
Orleans County Clerk Nadine Hanlon, along with County Clerks across the state, are calling on DMV Commissioner Schroeder to disclose the true reasons why the system is malfunctioning and apologize to affected New York State residents.
“This is an unacceptable situation,” Hanlon said. “I can understand the system going down for a few hours, maybe a day, but to be down for a full week leads me to believe that there are major issues with the system that DMV is not revealing.
“April is a very busy time for most DMVS with young people coming in for permit and road tests, and this snafu adversely affects the customers as well as DMV staffs,” Hanlon said. “Commissioner Schroeder needs to immediately address this issue and inform New York State residents the reasons why this system has been down for a full week, severely crippling DMV services.”
Hanlon stated that there has been no explanation from the State on the current computer issue, only a notice on the state website. In addition, County Clerks have not been notified by State DMV officials as to when they can expect the computers to come back online, leaving our local DMV staff to face the brunt of motorist complaints.
“Commissioner Schroeder owes it to the people of the state to explain why the computers are down and to pledge that all measures will be taken to ensure this does not happen again,” Hanlon said. “Motorists deserve nothing less.”
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There are 23 new Covid cases reported today in Genesee and Orleans counties, bringing the total to 7,443 during the past 13 months of the pandemic. That includes 4,797 cases in genesee and 2,646 in Orleans.
In the past 7 days there have been 186 new confirmed cases in the two counties, with 123 in Genesee and 63 in Orleans.
In Orleans County, there are 8 new cases reported today with the cases in the West Region (Yates, Ridgeway, Shelby) and Central Region (Carlton, Gaines, Albion, Barre). The individuals who tested positive are in the age groups of 0-19, 20s, 40s, 50s and 70s.
One of the new positive individuals was on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive, the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments reported.
Orleans is reporting 8 more of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list.
Orleans has 2 residents currently hospitalized due to Covid.
Of the new cases 1 is an inmate at the Albion Correctional Facility, where 41 women inmates have now tested positive during the pandemic.
The Health Department said one of yesterday’s positive individuals was determined not to be an Orleans County resident. That individual was removed from the county’s count so yesterday’s positive count has been adjusted to 16 new confirmed cases.
In Genesee County there are 15 new positive cases of Covid-19. The new positive cases are 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 and 90s.
Genesee is reporting 11 more of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list. There are 5 Genesee residents hospitalized due to Covid.
Of the new cases 2 are inmates at the Genesee County Jail, where 31 inmates have now tested positive. One of the new confirmed cases is a resident at the New York State Veterans’ Home at Batavia, where 88 residents have now tested positive during the pandemic.
Vaccine Update: All New Yorkers 16 and over are eligible to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Visit the GO Health Vaccination Page to check for upcoming Vaccination Clinics. Those clinics are targeted for Genesee and Orleans County residents.
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Courtesy of U.S. Mint: The New York $1 Coin pays homage to the Erie Canal. This design depicts a packet boat being pulled from a city in the East toward the country areas to the West.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Erie Canal will be featured on a new $1 coin from the U.S. Mint highlighting innovation in each of the 50 states.
The multi-year series started in 2018. This year the four states on the coins will be New Hampshire, Virginia, New York and North Carolina.
The canal’s recognition on the coin comes just before the historic waterway’s 200th anniversary in 2025.
“Built in the 19th century, the 363-mile Erie Canal forever changed the trajectory of commercial and agricultural development and set both New York and the nation on a path towards prosperity,” said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in a press release from the U.S. Mint.
“I want to thank the United States Mint for New York’s American Innovation Coin, which celebrates the Erie Canal’s rich history and recognizes the Empire State’s innovative spirit and legacy of ingenuity,” Cuomo said.
The Mint works with the governor’s offices of each state along with subject matter experts to determine design concepts emblematic of innovation significant and meaningful to their jurisdiction and its role in the nation.
New Hampshire’s coin recognizes Ralph Baer and his creation of the first home video game console. Virginia’s coin features the engineering marvel of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
The Statue of Liberty is on the front of the coins.
The North Carolina coin acknowledges the first public institution of higher learning in the United States. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill opened its doors in 1795 and was the only public institution to confer degrees in the 18th century.
“The very nature of this program provides an opportunity for us to become better connected with each other by learning about the many contributions, thoughts, and ideas Americans continuously mesh together to propel our Nation forward,” said U.S. Mint Director David J. Ryder.
For more on the American Innovation series, click here.
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Callie Updike
HOLLEY – A Holley senior is among the 13 finalists for the Young Woman of Distinction Award, which is given by The Women’s Council, a Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce affiliate.
Callie Updike and the other 12 finalists affiliate will be recognized during a virtual celebration on May 18 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The top four finalists will receive $2,500 scholarships.
The program is modelled after the ATHENA Award and is designed to discover high school seniors who have displayed outstanding leadership, academic excellence, and involvement in the nine-county Greater Rochester and Finger Lakes region.
Updike has been very involved at Holley Junior-Senior High School, serving as president of Student Council, president of the Class of 2021 and the Interact Club. She also performs in Holley’s annual school musical, sings in Concert Choir, plays the trumpet in Concert, Jazz and Marching Band, and competes with the Varsity Masterminds team. She also serves in the National Honor Society, the Superintendent Advisory Council, and the Gay Straight Alliance.
She has been accepted to Columbia University. She is an undeclared major and expects to study involving English or History with a potential music minor.
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Photo by Ginny Kropf: George Bidleman, an owner of Orleans Ford and Hartway Motors in Medina and Bidleman Chevrolet in Albion, stands amid a row of new vehicles at Orleans Ford after wrapping up a month-long promotion at his dealerships to benefit United Way of Orleans County.
MEDINA – United Way of Orleans County got a boost in its fundraising efforts with the announcement from George Bidleman that a fundraiser he conducted in March has resulted in a donation of $9,200.
Bidleman, a long-time supporter of United Way and president of United Way of Orleans County, pledged to donate $25 for every vehicle sold at his dealerships during the month of March and to give each buyer an opportunity to match the donation.
Bidleman has been in the automotive business for 38 years, with 34 of them in Orleans County, where he has continued to grow and expand his holdings. His first dealership was Molye Chevrolet in Honeoye Falls. He next opened Orleans Ford in Medina. In 2018, he became co-owner of Bidleman Chevrolet Buick GMC in Albion, and last year acquired an ownership stake in Hartway Motors in Medina. He just recently purchased Bidleman Ford in Auburn.
United Way director Dean Bellack thanked Bidleman for his leadership and generosity.
“George lives up to his belief of ‘Give Back, Get Back,’” Bellack said. “George has set a path for us to follow with his personal and business investments to make Orleans County better for us all.”
Bidleman said he was happy for the opportunity to give to United Way and thanked the customers who participated in the fundraiser for their generosity.
Return to topPress Release, Arc of Genesee Orleans
Provided photo: Jenifer Batt, director of Camp Rainbow, is pictured with camp friends Keira and Jackson during a recent sunny afternoon at the camp in Ridgeway on Townline Road.
RIDGEWAY – Camp Rainbow will be open this summer following a pandemic shutdown that closed the site in 2020 for the first time in 50 years.
Located at 2272 Yates-Carlton Townline Road, Camp Rainbow is a five-week day camp operated by the Arc of Genesee Orleans.
The 2021 season kicks off July 12 and runs through August 13 and each session lasts one week, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Camp is open to all children ages 5 – 21 and younger children must have finished their first year of elementary school. Campers over 16 must still be in school to attend.
“Our goal is to run camp as close to a typical camp season as possible, however, I know we will need to make some adjustments due to Covid protocols,” said Jenifer Batt, camp director.
Guidelines are coming from the state and adjustments will be made to meet the guidelines. “I’m predicting an awesome summer camp season,” Batt said.
The camp schedule includes daily participation in arts and crafts, music, nature and science, and athletics programming, under the supervision of a team of enthusiastic camp counselors. The camp nurse is on-site at all times during the camp day.
Two wholesome meals are offered daily at no charge, through the assistance of the Summer Food Service Program offered by the New York State Department of Education. With parental consent, children will enjoy free swim time under the supervision of a certified lifeguard in our beautiful 4-foot in-ground swimming pool.
A number of week-long scholarships are available that include the cost of tuition, meals and transportation for a week of camp. Campers can come for a week, multiple weeks, or the entire five weeks. However, scholarships are for one week only in order to give as many kids as possible the camp experience. Regular cost for camp is $25 a day for tuition and $16 a day for transportation.
Parents can also provide their own transportation to and from camp. Transportation and scholarships are limited so it is important to get applications in soon found on the Camp Rainbow page of the Arc’s website (click here). Applications are due May 21. If you have questions or need assistance with completing or returning the application, please call Jenifer Batt at 585-589-5516 or email jbatt@arcgo.org.
Positions are also available for people looking for a fun and rewarding work experience this summer at Camp Rainbow. Openings are listed on the Arc of Genesee Orleans website (click here).
Camp History – The Shenberger family generously donated the property that is home to Camp Rainbow. They wanted to help create a place where children with disabilities had opportunities for fun and interaction. Volunteers then spent hundreds of hours clearing the land and building the facilities.
While Camp Rainbow was originally designed to meet the needs of children with developmental and/or physical disabilities, it was opened up to all children ages 5 to 21 in 1992. Since that time, Camp Rainbow has encouraged friendships and understanding among all children, promoting integration and inclusion.
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MEDINA – Orleans Community Health staff are praising actions taken by department heads to minimize spread of the Covid virus and assure the safest results for the community during the past 13 months of the Covid-19 pandemic.
OCH staff during a recent interview reflected on a challenging 13 months. Kim Gray, chief nursing officer and director of surgical services; Leighann Van Auker, director of the Emergency Room and Infection Control; Nicole Helsdon, practice manager of the Abion Walk-In Health Clinic; and Jessica Capurso, director of Outreach, Education and Marketing at Community Partners, sat down to talk about steps taken by the hospital and how the pandemic affected services in the Orleans Community Health system.
Medina’s surgical wing was shut down on March 23 and didn’t reopen until the beginning of May, Gray said.
“Since then, we have seen a decrease in surgical patients, because people are afraid to come in to a hospital,” Gray said.
The opposite was true in the Emergency Room, where Van Auker said the normal number of patients seen there was 30, but during the pandemic as many as 100 were seen in a day. They reported four deaths due to Covid during the entire year. Two of those came from a nursing home and the other two were brought in by ambulance.
“We kept the patients we could safely keep and sent away those who needed a higher level of care,” Van Auker said.
Capurso added that Medina Memorial Hospital is a critical access hospital and has no intensive care unit. One change during the pandemic is that all surgical patients have to be tested for Covid and that’s where they utilize the Albion clinic.
“During the pandemic, we had a lot of restrictions placed on us,” she said.
Helsdon said they had to work as a team.
“Everything changed,” she said. “There initially was no testing in Orleans County, so we put a heated shed in the parking lot and added staff to man the phones. It was not unusual to have 90 messages a day on our phone. This was all very trying on our staff in the cold winter months, tracking out to the shed four times a day, testing multiple people that were ill and then having to call and tell them they were positive. It was hard on our front end staff, trying to calm scared and anxious patients who were very ill themselves or had family who were ill. The most trying months were December and February.”
Staff was trained on swabbing and testing in a specially designed machine housed in an incubator with arm slots. The room is limited to only the tester, who is fully gowned in PPE.
The clinic holds four testing pods per day, at 9 and 11 a.m. and 1 and 4 p.m. five days a week. On the sixth day, tests are at 10 a.m. and noon. An additional 30 tests can be performed that day with staff on hand.
The Albion clinic is staffed for the capacity of doing 20 tests per pod. More than 3,000 tests have been performed in Albion, Helsdon said. The tests were and still are provided to the community free of charge. The hospital assumes all the costs of staffing, supplies and any other overhead incurred during the pandemic.
“The community has embraced this opportunity for free, convenient testing,” Helsdon said. “We chose to do this to provide a needed service to our community at no cost.”
“People were scared, angry and sad,” she said. “It was a very trying time. In February, 15 percent of the people we tested were positive and we had to call and tell them. In March, we began to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I still see this as being a long journey.”
Van Auker told how difficult it was to be in charge of her department during this time.
“When we shut down the surgery unit last March, my staff had to cross train,” she said. “They worked nights and weekends and never once complained. All the staff in this hospital stayed positive and willing to help in any way they could.”
Orleans Community Health employs 276 people between the hospital, Albion clinic and dialysis centers in Medina and Batavia.
“Everybody came to work every day with a smile on their face and love in their heart,” Helsdon said.
“I was hoping to support my staff,” Van Auker said. “I tried not to cry in front of them. They needed somebody to take control. I empathized with them and went home and cried. We did everything in their best interests. My staff was crying because they were upset we were going to run out of PPE. We assured the staff we had sufficient personal protective equipment, because we started to manage our PPE at the very beginning. We normally had to change our masks after every use, but during the pandemic we had to reuse them.”
“I think we were top-notch in our safety precautions,” Helsdon said.
“Some people still think we are going a little overboard in our attempts to be safe,” Capurso said.
Patients visiting the Emergency Room still have to go in by themselves.
“We are doing everything we can to keep them safe,” she said. “I think we’ve done a great job of it. These three and our CEO have done a wonderful job.”
“I think our community trusted us,” Gray said.
After doing Covid testing for the community, Helsdon said the Albion clinic decided to offer the vaccine. As of April 1, OCH had given 2,606 vaccines, Capurso said. This includes Pfizer and Moderna first and second doses, plus the one dose Johnson and Johnson.
When they started offering the vaccine, Helsdon said even retired nurses came and volunteered to help.
Gray said the hospital’s pharmacy requests 200 doses of the vaccine every week, but normally get only 100.
Capurso wants to remind the community of the numerous health services provided by Orleans Community Health.
These include Emergency Room service 24/7, a medical surgical unit, residential care unit, Lake Plains Dialysis in Medina and Batavia, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutritional counseling, diabetes education, cardiac services, cancer services program, wellness programs, surgical services, a transitional care unit, infusion therapy, respiratory services, health insurance assistance, state-of-the-art imaging services (X-ray, MRI, CT scan, digital, 3D mammography, ultrasonography, echocardiography, the Albion Walk-In Healthcare Center (primary care, occupational health, walk-in lab and X-ray, physical therapy, occupational therapy), lab services in Albion, Medina and Middleport and a wound care center.
Return to topA Brockport man killed in a small plane crash Wednesday in Cattaraugus County was well known at Genesee County and Pine Hill airports.
William Mandelare of Brockport died in the crash which seriously injured Raymond Groetsch, also of Brockport. Groetsch is reported in critical condition.
The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office said Groetsch was flying the plane and Mandelare was the passenger. The cause of the accident is still under investigation with the assistance of the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration.
Mandelare, 80, was an experienced pilot who taught Batavia flight instructor Pete Lockner and gave him his commercial license in 1982, Lockner said this morning. Lockner also previously taught flying at Pine Hill and said Mandelare frequently flew out of there.
Lockner is saddened by the news. He said Mandelare retired in 1982 as a mechanical drawing teacher in the Greece School District. He came to Genesee County Airport to be a flight instructor for Dick Drilling, who ran the airport at the time.
Mandelare, who was a short man, was known as “Little Bill” to his friends. Lockner said Mandelare always used a little seat when flying so he could reach the pedals, and that when in a plane, he always insisted on riding right seat.
Lockner described the Cessna 177 Cardinal as a tricky plane to fly. That model has a stabilator in the horizontal tail, rather than an elevator. That means when landing, the plane has to be put in a nose-up position to adjust the pitch. If the pilot forgot to re-adjust the pitch when taking off, the plane could have been in too sharp a nose-up position, causing it to stall. When a plane stalls, the left wing always drops and hits the ground first, and then cartwheels, which is what it appears happened in Mandelare’s case.
Lockner himself has been flying since 1981 and been giving flight instruction since 1986, so is familiar with the configuration of many aircraft.
Return to topThe Village of Albion has been approved for $3.2 million form the state to upgrade the water treatment plant, repair water transmission mains and upgrade the distribution system.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the funding which includes a $1,949,400 Water Infrastructure Improvement Act grant and $1,299,600 in short-term low interest financing.
The funding was part of $48 million approved for projects around the state by the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation Board of Directors.
“Clean water and functioning water infrastructure are essential parts of the standard of living and qualify-of-life for all New Yorkers, and towns and villages across the state have an ongoing need for wastewater treatment plants and water tanks that needs to be filled,” Cuomo said in a news release. “The newly enacted budget dedicates $500 million to support clean water initiatives which increases our investment and brings the state closer to fulfilling its commitment to New Yorkers. These projects will underscore our pledge to help protect the environment and the health of New York’s residents and families.”
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Photo by Tom Rivers: Ridgeway Fire Hall hosted a vaccine clinic last Thursday on Route 104.
RIDGEWAY – There are hundreds of appointments available as of this morning for a Covid-19 vaccine clinic on Monday at the Ridgeway Fire Hall.
The Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments will be administering the first dose of the Moderna vaccine. The clinic is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. To register, click here. As of 9:42 a.m., there were 454 spots available.
The Health Departments are targeting Orleans and Genesee residents with the clinic, but is open for any New York State individuals who reside, work or study in the state.
Paul Pettit, the public health director for Orleans and Genesee, urges residents to get vaccinated.
“The vaccine is here,” Pettit said during a conference call this week with local elected officials. “We have open spots. There is no reason we can’t improve our rates.”
Orleans County currently has the lowest vaccination rate among the 62 counties in the state. In Orleans, 25.6 percent of the residents have had at least one vaccine shot. Bronx County is the next lowest at 25.9 percent, with Fulton at 26.6 percent, Tioga at 26.7 percent, Allegany at 26.8 percent at Kings at 27.4 percent.
Orleans is behind the state average of 35.1 percent and trails the 37.2 percent in the nine-county Finger Lakes Region, according to the state’s Vaccine Tracker.
Neighboring Genesee County is at 32.8 percent, and Wyoming County is at 29.7 percent. Wyoming is similar in population to Orleans, 40,612 in Orleans and 40,085 in Wyoming. But Wyoming has about 1,400 more residents with at least one vaccine dose – 11,891 in Wyoming compared to 10,414 in Orleans.
The clinic in Ridgeway on Monday is open to anyone 18 and older. Those who get the vaccine on Monday need to commit to returning for the second dose 28 days later.
Return to topPress Release, Farm Credit East and Yankee Farm Credit
WILLISTON, Vt., and ENFIELD, Conn. — Farm Credit East and Yankee Farm Credit are pleased to announce the board of directors of both associations have unanimously approved the signing of a letter of intent to merge the two organizations. This letter sets forth the terms and conditions of a proposed merger, which requires regulatory and stockholder approval.
Farm Credit East and Yankee Farm Credit are both successful Farm Credit associations that already partner on a number of programs, including Crop Growers crop insurance, FarmStart investments for beginning farmers and the Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement grant program.
The combined association will operate under the Farm Credit East name and, if all conditions are met, the newly merged association is expected to begin operation under the management of Farm Credit East CEO Mike Reynolds on January 1, 2022.
“This is a strategic merger for both Farm Credit East and Yankee Farm Credit,” said Celeste Kane-Stebbins, chair of Yankee Farm Credit’s Board of Directors. “Our board has worked diligently to determine how best to support the long-term success of Yankee members and their Farm Credit association. Both Farm Credit East and Yankee are financially strong, and the two associations have successfully partnered in the area of customer services for several years. Together we can enhance these services and provide even greater value for our members.”
“This is a good merger for members of both cooperatives,” said Laurie Griffen, chair of Farm Credit East’s Board of Directors. “Both associations are closely aligned in their missions and their focus on customer owners’ success, and both are optimistic for the future of Northeast agriculture, forest products and fishing. Together, the combined association will benefit from increased loan diversity, a stronger capital base and enhanced earnings.”
Over the next several months, both associations will undertake due diligence to assess the benefits of a merger for stockholders and to finalize the terms of the merger agreement. There will be no office closures or staffing changes considered as part of this merger, so customers can expect the same personalized service from the newly merged association. Following review by the associations’ regulator, the Farm Credit Administration, the merger vote will go to customer-stockholders for consideration later this year.
Yankee Farm Credit is a member-owned cooperative which provides loans and financial services to farmers and other rural customers. Yankee is an agricultural credit association (ACA) within the national Farm Credit System. Yankee serves all of Vermont, four counties in New Hampshire (Cheshire, Coos, Grafton and Sullivan) and two counties in New York (Clinton and Essex). Yankee Farm Credit is governed by a 12-person board of directors, nine are elected by Yankee members and three are appointed by the board. For more information, visit YankeeFarmCredit.com.
Farm Credit East is a member-owned cooperative with 20 local offices, including Batavia, in its seven-state service area. In addition to loans and leases, the organization also offers a full range of specialized financial services, such as tax preparation, payroll, record keeping, appraisal and consulting for farming, forest products and commercial fishing businesses. Farm Credit East is governed by a 16-person board of directors, comprised of 13 customer-elected, one customer appointed and two outside appointed directors. For more information, visit FarmCreditEast.com.
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Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – This blue heron was enjoying the shallow water of the Erie Canal in Albion today at about 4:30 p.m. The heron was not far from the Keitel Road bridge.
I saw the blue heron while I was walking along the towpath after getting a few photos of a brush fire along the canal embankment.
I’ve tried for many years to get a good blue heron photo. I see them often along the canal, but they usually take off before I can get close enough for a decent photo.
This time the blue heron hung on long enough for me to get a crisp photo.
The heron starts to take off in flight.
It is headed east on the canal. They usually don’t go too far, maybe 50 to 100 yards, and settle in at a new spot.
Today was a record-breaker for warmth on April 8. The 84 degrees in Buffalo broke the previous record of 75 set in 1921, the National Weather Service reported.
In Orleans County, the forecast the next few days includes a chance for showers Friday morning and then sunny and a high of 69. Saturday will be mostly sunny with a high near 79, followed by showers on Sunday with a high near 70.
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There are 41 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported today in Genesee and Orleans counties, which brings the total to 7,421 in the past 13 months of the pandemic. That includes 4,782 in Genesee County and 2,639 in Orleans.
In Orleans County there are 17 new positive cases reported today. Those cases include residents 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, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s.
One of the new positive individuals was on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive, the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments reported.
In Orleans, 10 more of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list.
There are currently 4 Orleans residents hospitalized due to Covid.
Of the new cases, one is an inmate at the Orleans Correctional Facility where 68 have now tested positive during the pandemic. There are also 4 inmates inmates who tested positive at the Albion Correctional Facility, bringing that total to 40 during the pandemic.
In Genesee County there are 24 new positive cases of Covid. The new positive cases reside in the West Region (Alabama, Darien, Pembroke) and Central Region (Alexander, Batavia, Bethany, Elba, Oakfield). The individuals are in the age groups of 19-20, 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s.
Genesee is reporting 27 of the previous positive individuals have recovered and been removed from the isolation list.
There are currently 8 county residents hospitalized due to Covid.
Positivity rates: Orleans has a 2.8 percent positivity rate in past 7 days, and 2.6 percent in past 14 days.
Genesee has a 3.3 percent positivity rate in past 7 days, and 3.0 percent in past 14 days.
The two counties are part of the nine-county Finger Lakes Region which has a positivity rate of 2.8 percent in past 7 days, and 2.5 percent in past 14 days.
Statewide the positivity rate in past 7 days is 3.4 percent and 3.5 percent over the past 14 days.
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