Press release
Fathers’ Day – We would like to take a moment to thank all the Dads, Grandpas, Uncles and Bonus Dads for their strength, guidance, wallet, sense of humor, and encouragement on Fathers’ Day this Sunday and every day! Because we are still dealing with COVID-19 we encourage everyone to celebrate and honor their Dads creatively to keep them healthy and safe.
We are still limited with how many we can have at gatherings (no more than 25) and people not living in the same household should continue social distancing, wearing face masks/coverings and practicing good hand hygiene and sanitizing often touched items.
New Cases –
As of 2:00 p.m.
· Genesee County received 2 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 208 positive cases
§ 2 of the positive individuals reside in the Federal VA in Batavia.
§ One of the individuals is in their 60’s and one of the individuals is in their 80’s.
§ 1 of the previous community positive cases have recovered and have been released from mandatory isolation.
§ 0 of the total active cases are hospitalized.
· Orleans County received 1 new positive case of COVID-19 today for a total of 260 positive cases
§ The new positive case resides in Murray
§ The new positive case is under the age of 20 and was on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive
§ 1 of the previous community positive cases have recovered and have been released from mandatory isolation.
§ 13 of the total active positive cases are hospitalized. Please note those in the hospital may be from the community or a state-regulated facility. We do not separate them out to protect their privacy.
Click below to view the Genesee and Orleans County online map of confirmed cases.
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/5f8401b0516247b490934303e3975e49/
(The facility breakdown is only showing the total positive cases from those facilities from where we received a positive swab for COVID-19.)
· Interim Guidance for Sports and Recreation During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/SportsAndRecreationMasterGuidance.pdf
· Keep checking the New York Forward website for your industry/organization summary guidelines. https://forward.ny.gov/
Per Governor Cuomo gatherings (groups, assembly, meeting, etc.) of 25 or less are permitted with social distancing and sanitization protocols in place through July 15, 2020. https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-20242-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emergency
The Health Departments do not authorize or allow exemptions from the Governor’s orders. If you have questions about the orders you can go to forward.ny.gov or e-mail the Finger Lakes Regional Control Room. https://forward.ny.gov/new-york-state-pause
· If you have questions or complaints regarding your business operations, please contact the Finger Lakes Regional Control Room: flnyf@esd.ny.gov
To file a complaint about a business, location or incident in your community you can call 1-833-789-0470 or https://mylicense.custhelp.com/app/ask
Businesses that are not in compliance with the Governor’s executive order may be penalized.
· The Nursing Home hotline number is 833-249-8499 or click the link for the online form: https://ag.ny.gov/nursinghomes
· ROC COVID-19 Health Screener: To learn more go to: https://www.roccovid.org/index.html