More than 4,000 new cases of COVID-19 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 cases of COVID-19 were reported in tests done 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 in any region of the state outside of New York City, where there were 7,725 new cases reported on January 14. No other county has had more than 750 confirmed cases in the past 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 administered in Nassau.
Despite the new spike in cases, the rate of positive infection 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 falling to 8.69 percent on January 13 and 8.27 percent on January 14.
The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized on Long Island is 1,647, representing 0.06 percent of the region’s population. State officials report that 29% of hospital beds are still available on Long Island.
Long Island has 854 ICU beds, 635 of which are currently occupied with COVID-19 patients. As of Friday, January 15, 39% of the region’s ICU beds were still available.
If Long Island risks reaching 90% of hospital capacity in three weeks, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has promised to shut down the entire region.
The latest analysis of confirmed and new cases of COVID-19 in Suffolk, according to the county Department of Health on January 15:
- 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 being reported to the County Department of Health at:
- Hempstead: 4,387;
- Freeport: 3,789;
- Levittown: 3,693;
- Hicksville: 3,127;
- Elmont: 2,948;
- Valley Stream: 2,971;
- East Meadow: 2,898;
- Uniondale: 2,717;
- Long Beach: 2,452;
- Franklin Square: 2,404;
- Glen Cove: 2,339;
- Near the 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: 1,290;
- East Massapequa: 1,327;
- Lynbrook: 1,308;
- Massapequa do Norte: 1,271;
- Merrick: 1,288;
- Massapequa Park: 1,257;
- Westbury: 1,202.
- Garden City: 1,187;
- Seaford: 1,147;
- New Cassel: 1,116.
“The rate of positivity will change when communities decide that it will change. It is still purely a function of how the community acts and there is still personal responsibility. We talked about what would happen with the spread of COVID during the holiday season and much of the diagnosis if materialized, “said Cuomo.
“We said that you would see the holiday season increase social activity and I reminded New Yorkers every day to celebrate intelligently,” he added. “People said it was party time and they wanted to celebrate, but if you don’t celebrate smartly, we will see an increase in the transmission rate of COVID.
There were 324,671 COVID-19 tests – a new record – administered in New York on January 14, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo, resulting in almost 20,000 positive cases for a 6.14% positive infection rate, a dramatic drop in compared to the beginning of the week.
There are now 8,808 COVID-19 patients hospitalized across the state, minus 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 past 24 hours.
Across the state, a total of 1,183,608 positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed in 28.13 million tests that were administered. There have been a total of 32,379 virus-related deaths since the pandemic began.
“We saw an increase in the transmission rate of COVID … during Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa, we fired like a rocket. After New Year’s Day, it started to decrease because the increase in social activity started to decrease,” he added Cuomo. “And now, we are starting to see a drop after New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. And that is good news.
“We would have preferred not to have seen the increase, but I believe the increase would have been worse if we hadn’t been smart and disciplined while on vacation.”
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