Long Island has seen a new increase in the COVID-19-positive infection rate, along with nearly 2,700 newly reported cases, according to data released by the New York Department of Health on Sunday, January 3rd.
There were 1,516 new cases in Suffolk County and another 1,166 in Nassau for a total of 2,682.
The positive infection rate on Long Island over the past six days is as follows.
- Monday, December 28: 6.85 percent
- Tuesday, December 29: 7.49 percent
- Wednesday, December 30: 8.04 percent
- Thursday, December 31: 8.42 percent
- Friday, January 1: 8.82 percent
- Saturday, January 2: 9.11 percent
There are a total of 1,424 hospitalizations on Long Island as of Sunday, with about 25 percent of the hospital beds available in Nassau and Suffolk.
There are currently 631 COVID-19 patients being treated in 814 Long Island ICU units, with 23 percent of the beds available.
There were 24 newly recorded COVID-related deaths on Long Island – 13 in Suffolk County and 11 in Nassau County, and 138 across the country. There were now 30,476 COVID deaths across the country during the pandemic.
Here is general data for Saturday:
- Test results reported – 142 345
- Overall positive – 11,368
- Percentage positive – 7.98%
- Patient Hospital – 7,963 (+ 149)
- Patients who have just been admitted – 813
- ICU Number – 1,344 (+23)
- Number ICU with intubation – 815 (+29)
- Total redundancy – 104 402 (+ 574)
- Deaths – 138
- Total deaths – 30,476
“As we enter this new year, one of our most pressing challenges, along with maintaining our zeal to stop the spread of the virus, is ensuring that the vaccine is made fairly available,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. “COVID has exposed many of the existing injustices in our society, especially that racism is without a doubt a public health crisis.
“In the case of data, the data continued to show that despite higher infection and mortality rates in the Black and Latino communities, testing in wider communities was still more widely available.
“I refuse to say race or income determines who lives and who dies in New York, and I mean that. If we work to break down barriers and ensure access to vaccines for all, I will not take the vaccine until it is available to my age group in black, Hispanic and poor communities around the state. ‘
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