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LIVE: County COVID-19 update for April 17, 2020

By Howard B. Owens
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Daily Briefing:

New Cases

  • As of 2 p.m. today:
    • Genesee County received five new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 92 positive cases.
      • Four positive cases reside in Batavia and one resides in Pembroke.
      • One individual is in their 20s, one individual is in their 30s, one individual is in their 50s, one individual is in their 60s, and one individual is in their 90s.
      • One of the positive individuals was on quarantine prior to becoming symptomatic.
      • Three of the total active positive cases are hospitalized.
  • Orleans County: Eight new positive case  of COVID-19 for a total of 43.
    • Of the new positive cases today, seven live in Albion and one lives in Ridgeway.
    • We have one individual in their 50s, two individuals in their 60s, two individuals in their 70s and three individuals in their 80s.
    • One has recovered and has been released from mandatory isolation.
    • Four of the total active positive cases are hospitalized.
  • Due to the current limited swabbing kits, there continue to be guidelines in place for primary care providers to order COVID-19 swabbing. This is based upon screening for high risk categories. Contact your primary care provider first to discuss symptoms and ability to be swabbed.
  • Contact tracing has been initiated for all new cases. Known contacts have already been placed under mandatory quarantine and will be swabbed if indicated (if symptoms become present). 
  • If a person is identified as a contact, they will be notified by the County Health Department, quarantined and if warranted, swabbed if indicated. Limited information is provided to the public in compliance with HIPAA regulations and out of the respect of those impacted by this virus. 
  • When, and if, there is a situation where potential contact is made in a public location where contact tracing doesn’t have actual names of close contacts, we will send out a media announcement to help seek contacts.
  • If you are experiencing ANY COVID-19 related symptoms STAY HOME! Do not go to work, do not go to the store, do not go anywhere, YOU are spreading the virus. STAY HOME!

Click here to view the Genesee and Orleans County online map of confirmed cases.

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