Both Nassau and Suffolk County have seen more than 1,600 new COVID-19 cases while Long Island is approaching 4,000 cases for the third time this week.
There were 2,194 new COVID-19 cases in Suffolk and 1,634 in Nassau – both the highest in the state behind only 6,387 New York City – according to the latest data from the State Department of Health on Thursday, January 7th.
Twenty-two new virus-related deaths have raised the total in Suffolk to 2,410 since the pandemic began, and seven new deaths in Nassau brought the death toll to 2,452.
The positive COVID-19 infection rate in Long Island remained high but steady, falling from 9.61 percent on Monday, January 4 to 9.52 percent the next day and to 9.51 percent on Wednesday, January 6.
Suffolk saw 108,255 total cases of COVID-19 out of more than two million tested (up to 5.3 percent infection rate), while there were 97,746 in Nassau of the two million tests administered (4.8 percent infection rate).
There are currently 1,579 Long Islanders hospitalized with the virus, compared to 1,420 a week ago, representing 0.06 percent of the population, and about 77 percent of the available hospital beds in the region.
More than 700 of the 812 ICU beds in Long Island are occupied, of which about 19 percent are still available.
In response to the increase in hospitalization rates, Laura Curran, executive director of Nassau County, said that in order to maintain the capacity of the hospital, EMS pandemic treaty protocols are being reintroduced, making it possible to recommend EMTs to those with to recover mild COVID-19 symptoms, rather than being admitted to the hospital unnecessarily. .
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 7, the latest outline of confirmed and new COVID-19 cases is in Suffolk.
- Brookhaven: 29,016;
- Islip: 27,748;
- Babylon: 15,167;
- Huntington: 12,166;
- Smithtown: 7,631;
- Southampton: 3,082;
- Riverhead: 2,032;
- Southold: 975;
- East Hampton: 923;
- Shelter Island: 32.
The most confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nassau County are reported in the country’s health department:
- Hempstead: 4,017;
- Free port: 3,384;
- Levittown: 3,241;
- Hicksville: 2,787;
- Elmont: 2,642;
- Valleinstream: 2,669
- Uniondale: 2,498;
- East Meadow: 2,571;
- Langstrand: 2,196;
- Franklin Square: 2,160;
- Glen Cove: 2,107;
- Oceanfront: 1,877;
- Woodmere: 1,585;
- Baldwin: 1,517;
- Massapequa: 1,415;
- Roosevelt: 1,343;
- Rockville Center: 1,325;
- West Hempstead: 1,291;
- North Valley Stream: 1,207;
- Wantagh: 1,199;
- Mineola: 1,188;
- East Massapequa: 1,177;
- North Bellmore: 1,159;
- Lynbrook: 1,148;
- New coffers: 1,037;
- Merrick: 1 122;
- Northern Massapequa: 1,116;
- Massapequapark: 1 112
- Westbury: 1,100;
- Free port: 1 009.
According to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, 152,402 COVID-19 tests were administered on Monday, January 4, resulting in 12,666 positive cases for an infection rate of 8.31 percent.
There are now 8,590 (339 new) COVID-19 patients hospitalized nationwide, with 1,392 in ICUs and 851 currently being intubated with the virus.
Since the pandemic began in March last year, more than 26 million New Yorkers have been tested on COVID-19, and 1,041,028 are positive for the virus. A total of 30,802 COVID-19-related deaths were reported across the country.
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