Long Island has seen a new increase in the COVID-19 positive infection rate, along with more than 3,700 newly reported cases, according to data released by the New York State Department of Health on Saturday, January 9th.
There were 2,002 new cases in Suffolk County and another 1,742 in Nassau for a total of 3,744.
The positive infection rate on Long Island over the past three days is as follows.
- Wednesday, January 6: 9.51 percent
- Thursday, January 7: 9.68 percent
- Friday, January 8: 9.70 percent
There are a total of 1,544 hospitalizations on Long Island as of Saturday, with about 26 percent of the hospital beds still available in Nassau and Suffolk.
There are currently 698 COVID-19 patients treated in 850 Long Island ICU units, with 18 percent of the beds available. This is a decrease of six percent in the number of ICU beds that were available a week ago.
A new daily record high of 258,031 COVID tests was administered in New York State on Friday.
There were 23 newly found COVID-related deaths on Long Island – 15 in Suffolk County and eight in Nassau County, and 188 across the country. There were now 31,519 COVID deaths across the country during the pandemic.
Here is some general information for Friday:
- Test results reported – 258,031
- Overall positive – 16,943
- Percent positive – 6.57%
- Patient Hospital – 8,527 (-34)
- Recently admitted patients – 1 075
- ICU Number – 1,428 (-47)
- Number ICU with intubation – 876 (-36)
- Total redundancy – 109,035 (+891)
- Deaths – 188
- Total deaths – 31,519
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