o Data Update –4/28/21
o Genesee County reporting 18 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 5061 positive cases.
The County continues to have IT issues and the hospitalizations will be updated as soon as the issue is fixed, hopefully in the next day.
§ The new positive cases reside in the:
· West Region (Alabama, Darien, Pembroke)
· Central Region (Alexander, Batavia, Bethany, Elba, Oakfield)
· East Region (Bergen, Byron, LeRoy, Pavilion, Stafford)
§ The individuals are in their 0-19’s, 20’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s.
§ 11 of the previous positive individuals have recovered and have been removed from the isolation list.
o Orleans County reporting 21 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 2873 positive cases.
§ The positive cases reside in the:
· West Region (Yates, Ridgeway, Shelby)
· Central Region (Carlton, Gaines, Albion, Barre)
· East Region (Kendall, Murray, Clarendon)
§ The individuals are in their 0-19’s, 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.
§ 8 of the new positive individuals were on mandatory quarantine prior to testing positive.
§ 6 of the previous positive individuals have recovered and have been removed from the isolation list.
§ 4 of the current positive individuals are hospitalized.
Genesee and Orleans County COVID-19 Map
New York State Fatality Data: http://bit.lu/NYSFatalityData
School Guidance: Click here to access the COVID-19 Report Card. School Report (ny.gov)
Graduation Guidance for End of Academic Year Celebrations: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2021/04/doh_covid19_updatedgraduationguidance_042721.pdf
The GO Health COVID-19 Events Notification Form is to be completed for any events, social gatherings over the NYS maximum social gathering limit: To report events/social gatherings over NYS’s maximum social gathering limits of 100 indoors and 200 outdoors, no less than 5 days prior to the event, to Genesee or Orleans County Health Departments use this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GOHealthNotification Social distancing, wearing cloth masks/face coverings over the mouth and nose, and handwashing, cleaning and disinfection protocol requirements are to be continued to limit the spread of COVID-19.
If your business or organization is interested in hosting a Pop-up Vaccination Clinic, please fill out the form for GO Health Pop-up Vaccination Clinic: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GOHealthPopUpVaccineClinic
Vaccine Update: Both counties are offering vaccination clinic registration via phone – these numbers are for COVID Vaccination Registration ONLY.
In Genesee call (585) 815-7168.
In Orleans call (585) 589-3170.
For both numbers ask for the vaccine registration help line. The vaccine registration help line is NOT associated with either Public Health Department. The individuals who answer the phone can ONLY assist with registering for a COVID-19 clinic, they cannot answer COVID-related questions.
COVID-19 Vaccination Schedule & Guidance
The Finger Lakes Vaccine Hub has launched a Finger Lakes Region Vaccine Finder: https://flvaccinehub.org/getting-your-vaccine/#vaccine-finder
For FREE Rapid Testing, click here: http://bit.ly/GOHealthC19Tests the links will be live when there is a clinic scheduled and there are open appointments. Clinics will be limited and determined week-by-week. o After testing, go home to wait for your results…do NOT go out in public.
o If the clinics are closed please check the NYS COVID-19 Drive through test sites: Call New York State Department of Health Testing Appointments Call 1-888-364-3065 or
o Monroe Community College – testing by appointment only: https://www.monroecc.edu/index.php?id=29078
o Niagara County Community College – https://covid19screening.health.ny.gov/covid-19-screening/
New York State Resource and Data Links: o Vaccine Information: https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/covid-19-vaccine-tracker This now includes the county breakdown.
o To learn more about the businesses and restrictions go to https://forward.ny.gov/ny-forward
o NY Forward Rapid Test Program: https://forward.ny.gov/ny-forward-rapid-test-program
o Percent Positive 7/14 – day average click here (https://forward.ny.gov/percentage-positive-results-county-dashboard)
o Raw positive data for each of the counties click the following link: https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/views/NYS-COVID19-Tracker/NYSDOHCOVID-19Tracker-Map?%3Aembed=yes&%3Atoolbar=no&%3Atabs=n
o To learn more about large gatherings, quarantines and travel go to: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/travel-large-gatherings-and-quarantines#quarantine