Long Island is still struggling with increasing COVID-19 numbers, as Nassau and Suffolk reported more than 1,400 new infections in the latest round of reporting.
In Suffolk County, 1,673 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Tuesday, January 12, bringing the total to 118,829 since the pandemic began, according to the state Department of Health. There were 1,457 new infections in Nassau as the total rose to 106,954.
The number of new cases is the highest of any state in the state outside of New York City, where 5,822 new cases were reported.
No other country has had more than 750 new infections.
There were 15 new COVID-19 deaths reported in Suffolk, bringing the total to 2,502, while there were eight new virus-related deaths in Nassau, bringing the total to 2,504.
A total of 2.17 million COVID-19 tests were administered in Suffolk, while 2.13 million were administered in Nassau.
Despite the new increase in cases, the positive infection rate on Long Island is trending in the right direction, going from 9.19 percent on Sunday, January 10 to 9.07 the next day, to 8.90 percent on January 12.
The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized on Long Island is up to 1629, representing 0.06 percent of the region’s population. Government officials report that 29 percent of the hospital beds on Long Island are still available.
Long Island has 854 ICU beds, of which 643 are currently treating COVID-19 patients. As of January 13, 21 percent of ICU beds in the region are still available.
If Long Island is in danger of reaching its 90 percent capacity rate within three weeks, New York Government Andrew Cuomo has promised to close the entire region.
According to the provincial department of health on January 13, the latest outline of confirmed and new COVID-19 cases in Suffolk is:
- Brookhaven: 32,120;
- Islip: 30,140;
- Babylon: 16,482;
- Huntington: 13 314;
- Smithtown: 8,402;
- Southampton: 3,390;
- Riverhead: 2,237;
- Southold: 1,059;
- East Hampton: 1,031;
- Shelter Island: 34.
The most confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nassau County are reported in the country’s health department:
- Hempstead: 4,288;
- Free port: 3,672;
- Levittown: 3,591;
- Hicksville: 3,042;
- Elmont: 2,849;
- Valleinstroom: 2,892;
- East Meadow: 2,881;
- Uniondale: 2,657;
- Langstrand: 2,393;
- Franklin Square: 2,343;
- Glen Cove: 2,289;
- Oceanfront: 2,055;
- Woodmere: 1,688;
- Baldwin: 1,660;
- Massapequa: 1,550;
- Plainview: 1,445;
- Rockville Center: 1,455;
- Roosevelt: 1,416;
- West Hempstead: 1,412;
- North Valley Stream: 1,332;
- Wantagh: 1,321;
- Mineola: 1,306;
- North Bellmore: 1,296;
- East Massapequa: 1,294;
- Lynbrook: 1,266;
- Northern Massapequa: 1,251;
- Merrick: 1,247;
- Massapequapark: 1,222;
- Westbury: 1,182.
- Garden City: 1,160;
- Seaford: 1,115;
- New Cassel: 1,097.
‘We are dealing with a large number of COVID cases across the country as we move through the dark days of winter, and although I understand that COVID fatigue is occurring, we New Yorkers need to remember that we are still not out of the woods, ‘Cuomo said. “The vaccine is the weapon that ends the war, but we are locked in a foot race between the rapid spread and the spread of new cases.”
According to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, 196,868 COVID-19 tests were administered in New York on Tuesday, January 12, resulting in 14,577 positive cases for an infection rate of 7.40 percent.
There are now 8,929 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital nationwide, with three, while more than 1,500 are in the ICU and 924 are being intubated with the virus. 165 new COVID-19-related deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours.
Since the pandemic began in March last year, nearly 28 million New Yorkers have been tested on COVID-19, and 1,169,947 are positive for the virus. A total of 32,175 COVID-19-related deaths have been reported across the country.
“New Yorkers can get through it together, but it will be willing to take precautions not only for themselves but also for others,” Cuomo added. “Wash your hands, wear a mask and stay socially distant. The state of New York is working to expand testing capacity and hospital capacity, but it will take us all to get the light at the end of the tunnel.”
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