New Cases – As of 2:00 p.m. October 22, 2020
o Genesee County received 0 new positive cases of COVID-19 maintaining a total of 348 positive cases
§ 8 new individuals are on precautionary quarantine due to travel from restricted states.
§ One of the positive individuals is hospitalized.
§ One of the individuals reported yesterday is a resident at Premier Genesee.
o Orleans County received 1 new positive case of COVID-19 for a total of 363 positive cases
§ The new positive case resides in Kendall.
§ The individual is in their 50’s.
§ The individual was not on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive.
§ 8 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 cases https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/5f8401b0516247b490934303e3975e49/
Micro-clusters: The initiative will take the most significant action within the cluster (Red Zone), moderate action in the area surrounding the cluster to stop the spread (Orange Zone), and precautionary action in the outlying communities (Yellow Zone). To learn more about the Cluster Action Initiative go to https://forward.ny.gov/ny-forward
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, 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