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County health reports 236 new positive COVID-19 test over past week

By Howard B. Owens

There were 236 new positive tests for COVID-19 among Genesee County residents over the past week, along with 250 people who had been positive but have been released from mandatory isolation.

The total active positive cases among local residents is 226 as of Monday.

Of those, 35 local residents are hospitalized.

Two more people, including one under age 65, have died as a result of contracting COVID-19, bringing the death total in Genesee County to 302 since the start of the pandemic.

As for vaccination, 30,551 Genesee County residents are fully vaccinated, or just shy of 56 percent of the population.

Fred GUNDELL

Please get vaccinated. You will be missed if you succumb to this horrible disease. Think of your family and friends. Think of the suffering you will have. Get vaccinated, it only takes a few minutes, painless, and free.

Dec 8, 2021, 5:24am Permalink

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