o Data Update –5/6/21
o Genesee County reporting 11 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 5147 positive cases.
§ 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, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s.
§ 13 of the previous positive individuals have recovered and have been removed from the isolation list.
§ 5 of the current positive individuals are hospitalized.
o Orleans County reporting 7 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 2962 positive cases.
§ The new positive cases reside in the:
· West Region (Yates, Ridgeway, Shelby)
· Central Region (Carlton, Gaines, Albion, Barre)
§ The individuals are in their 0-19’s, 40’s, and 50’s.
§ 13 of the previous positive individuals have recovered and have been removed from the isolation list.
§ 2 of the current positive individuals are hospitalized.
Genesee and Orleans County COVID-19 Map
New York State Fatality Data: http://bit.lu/NYSFatalityData
The GO Health COVID-19 Events Notification Form is to be completed for any events, social gatherings over the NYS maximum social gathering limit: Responsible parties are to report events/social gatherings over NYS’s maximum social gathering limits, no less than 5 days prior to the event, to Genesee or Orleans County Health Departments by using this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GOHealthNotification
To check for vaccination providers go to: https://www.vaccines.gov/
The Finger Lakes Vaccine Hub has launched a Finger Lakes Region Vaccine Finder: https://flvaccinehub.org/getting-your-vaccine/#vaccine-finder
For current updates visit https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home or https://forward.ny.gov/ny-forward 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.
For more information about the vaccine and access for those who are 60 and older who do NOT have internet access, please contact your respective Office for the Aging (OFA). For Genesee OFA please call 585-813-2457 for COVID-19 Vaccine assistance between 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and leave a message if you get voicemail and someone will return the call. For Orleans OFA please call 585-589-3191 between 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and leave a message if you get voicemail and someone will return the call. The OFA offices can only assist with the clinic links as they are available. The system may experience slowdowns and crashing due to high volume. Please be patient and try again later.
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 School Guidance: Click here to access the COVID-19 Report Card. School Report (ny.gov)
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#quarantines