New Cases – As of 2:00 p.m. October 16, 2020
o Genesee County received 0 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 345 positive cases
§ Two of the previous positive individuals have recovered and have been released from mandatory isolation.
§ 25 new individuals are on precautionary quarantine due to travel from restricted states.
o The Health Departments have been notified of a positive COVID-19 test from a Batavia BOCES campus student. The individual has been placed under mandatory isolation where they will remain until they are fully recovered. Contact tracing is in process. Individuals identified by the health department as being close contacts have been and/or will be contacted and placed under mandatory quarantine. Individuals identified by the health department as being close contacts will be expected to follow the New York State Department of Health quarantine guidelines.
o Orleans County received 1 new positive case of COVID-19 for a total of 344 positive cases
§ The new positive case resides in Shelby.
§ The individual is in in the 0-19 age range.
§ The individual was on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive.
§ Two of the previous positive individuals have recovered and have been released from mandatory isolation
§ 3 new individuals are on precautionary quarantine due to travel from restricted states.
Click here to view the Genesee and Orleans County online map of confirmed case https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/5f8401b0516247b490934303e3975e49/https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/5f8401b0516247b490934303e3975e49/
School Guidance: New York State Department of Health has provided guidance regarding when/if to send your child to school and when/if staff should report. This guidance has been sent out to all school districts and primary care providers. If you have issues with this guidance or further questions we encourage you to contact your state elected officials or the state directly as the local counties do not have control over what the state directs.
For the guidance document, click here.
https://orleanscountyny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NYSDOH_PreKGr12_Toolkit_093020-2-GOHealth.pdf
Ø The COVID-19 Report Card is an online dashboard which tracks real-time COVID-19 infections and testing operations of every New York school and school district. Click here to access the Report Card. https://schoolcovidreportcard.health.ny.gov/#/home