More than 4,000 new COVID-19 cases have been reported on Long Island in the latest data released by the state, including more than 1,800 new infections in Suffolk and Nassau.
In Suffolk County, 2,181 new COVID-19 cases were reported from tests taken on Thursday, January 14, according to the state Department of Health. There were 1,858 new infections in Nassau.
The number of new cases is the highest of any region in the state outside of New York, where 7,725 new cases were reported on January 14th. No other country has had more than 750 confirmed cases in the last 24 hours.
There were 21 new COVID-19 deaths reported in Suffolk, bringing the total to 2,545, while there were 10 new virus-related deaths in Nassau, bringing the total to 2,518.
A total of 2.21 million COVID-19 tests were administered in Suffolk, with 2.18 million 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 Tuesday, January 12 and down. To 8.69 percent on Jan. 13 and 8.27 percent on Jan. 14.
The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized on Long Island is at 1,647, 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, 635 of which are currently dealing with COVID-19 patients. As of Friday, January 15, 39 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 Governor Andrew Cuomo has promised to close the entire region.
According to the provincial department of health on January 15, the latest outline of confirmed and new COVID-19 cases in Suffolk is:
- Brookhaven: 33,418;
- Islip: 30,994;
- Babylon: 17,007;
- Huntington: 13,715;
- Smithtown: 8,662;
- Southampton: 3,509;
- Riverhead: 2,308;
- Southold: 1,104;
- East Hampton: 1,088;
- Shelter Island: 35.
The most confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nassau County are reported in the county’s health department:
- Hempstead: 4,387;
- Free Harbor: 3,789;
- Levittown: 3,693;
- Hicksville: 3,127;
- Elmont: 2,948;
- Valleinstroom: 2,971;
- East Meadow: 2,898;
- Uniondale: 2,717;
- Langstrand: 2,452;
- Franklin Square: 2,404;
- Glen Cove: 2,339;
- Ocean: 2,141;
- Woodmere: 1,725;
- Baldwin: 1,690;
- Massapequa: 1,609;
- Rockville Center: 1,511;
- Plainview: 1,499;
- West Hempstead: 1,453;
- Roosevelt: 1,435;
- North Valley Stream: 1,364;
- Wantagh: 1 355;
- Mineola: 1,319;
- North Bellmore: 1,299;
- East Massapequa: 1,327;
- Lynbrook: 1,308;
- Northern Massapequa: 1,271;
- Merrick: 1,288;
- Massapequapark: 1,257;
- Westbury: 1,202.
- Garden City: 1,187;
- Seaford: 1,147;
- New box: 1 116.
“The positivity rate will change when communities decide to change it. It’s still a function of how a community behaves and there is still personal responsibility. We talked about what would happen to COVID through the holiday season, and many of the diagnosis has come true., ‘Cuomo said.
“We said you were going to see the holiday season increase social activities, and I reminded New Yorkers every day to celebrate smartly,” he added. ‘People said it was the holiday season and that they wanted to celebrate, but if you are not celebrating smartly, we are seeing an increase in the COVID transmission rate.
According to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, 324,671 COVID-19 tests – a new record – were administered in New York on January 14, resulting in nearly 20,000 positive cases for a 6.14 percent positive infection rate, dramatically lower than before in the week.
There are now 8,808 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital nationwide, a decrease of 34, while more than 1,500 are in the ICU and 962 are intubated with the virus. There have been 183 new COVID-19 related deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
Overall, a total of 1,183,608 positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed from 28.13 million tests administered. There have been a total of 32,379 virus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic.
“We saw an increase in the COVID transmission rate … over Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa we shot up like a rocket. After New Year’s Day it started to flatten because the increase in social activity started to flatten,” Cuomo added. . . “And now we’re starting to see a decline after New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. And that’s good news.
“We would have liked to see the increase sooner, but I believe the increase would have been worse if we had not been smart and disciplined during the holidays.”
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