GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update will only occur two days a week/ New Public Information Officer announced

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Genesee County’s new Public Health Educator and Public Information Officer is Kaitlin Pettine.  Kaitlin joined the GO Health team on April 2nd and has been training and learning her role. 

Along with the increased relaxation of the COVID-19 restrictions, GO Health will only be reporting 2 days a week on Tuesdays and Fridays starting next week.  Tuesday’s briefing will include data from Friday afternoon through Tuesday morning. Friday’s briefing will include data from Tuesday afternoon through Friday morning. Our next press briefing will be sent to you by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11th.

We are also changing the data we will report to include the most relevant data. This will include: 

·         Total positive cases by county (we will no longer be breaking done into zones as COVID is everywhere)

·         Total active cases (those who are in mandatory isolation)

·         Ages of new positive individuals will be in the narrative only (the chart will be on our websites)

·         Total number of 1 dose vaccinations and percentage of the population per county from the Finger Lakes COVID-19 Vaccine Hub (data updated weekly) (https://flvaccinehub.com/regional-data)

·         Total number of completed vaccine series and percentage of the population per county from the Finger Lakes COVID-19 Vaccine Hub (data updated weekly) (https://flvaccinehub.com/regional-data)

·         Total fatalities will be reported only on Fridays from the NYS data tracker

The age breakdown and community exposure graphs (only when there is a potential exposure) will be on our websites. The mapping link will continue to be updated, but on a bi-weekly basis to coordinate with the briefings. The briefs will continue to include any updates as well as the community links.

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