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Long Island has 6,649 cases with both counties combined.
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The latest breakdown for communities don't include the latest state figures, but those impacted in Nassau can be found here. The latest Suffolk breakdown was as follows: 461 in the Town of Islip, 423 in the Town of Huntington, 330 in the Town of Brookhaven, 306 in the Town of Babylon, 130 in the Town of Smithtown, 111 in the Town of Southold, 47 in the Town of Riverhead, 40 in the Town of Southampton, 13 in the Town of East Hampton, two in the Town of Shelter Island, and 182 to be determined.
seniors and those with underlying health issues remain most at risk of succumbing to the virus.
A growing concern, Cuomo said, was the rising number of deaths of vulnerable patients. He said 385 people have died of coronavirus-related illness across the state. He said they were largely people who did not come off the ventilators, used for patients in respiratory distress, after many days of treatment.
"This is the really bad news. The number of deaths is increasing ... People are dying and that is the worst news you can have," Cuomo said.
According to the state figures, Nassau County has 3,914 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 629 new positives since Wednesday, while Suffolk County has 2,735 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 475 new positives in the same period.
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Long Island Has More Coronavirus Cases Than The Second-Most Impacted State in U.S.
March 25, 2020
https://www.longislandpress.com/2020/03/25/long-island-has-more-coronavirus-cases-than-the-second-most-impacted-state/
The number of people diagnosed with coronavirus on Long Island has increased to more than 5,000, which is higher than the second-most impacted state nationwide as of Wednesday morning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
LI's 5,545 cases include 3,285 in Nassau County and 2,260 in Suffolk County, putting the regional total as higher than New Jersey and California, which had 3,675 and 2,644 cases, respectively, behind New York State's 30,811 cases, including 285 deaths. Including Brooklyn's 4,656 cases and the 5,066 in Queens in LI's total put it at 15,267. There were 58,998 cases nationwide Wednesday, including 798 fatalities.
"As of yesterday, about 28 percent of all testing nationwide has been performed by New York State," Cuomo told reporters during a news conference in Albany Wednesday.
He has said the infection rate is spiking despite efforts to restrict work, school, and socialization, prompting officials to increase estimates of how many hospital beds to 140,000 - nearly triple the state's current 53,000 beds - will be required when the virus peaks in two or three weeks.
The current hospitalization rate is about 15 percent, with 80 percent of cases self resolving, but seniors and those with underlying health issues remain most at risk of succumbing to the virus. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran reported 17 people have died of COVID-19 in the county as of Wednesday and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone reported the 20 fatalities in his county.
The latest breakdown for communities don't include the latest state figures, but those impacted in Nassau can be found here. The latest Suffolk breakdown was as follows: 461 in the Town of Islip, 423 in the Town of Huntington, 330 in the Town of Brookhaven, 306 in the Town of Babylon, 130 in the Town of Smithtown, 111 in the Town of Southold, 47 in the Town of Riverhead, 40 in the Town of Southampton, 13 in the Town of East Hampton, two in the Town of Shelter Island, and 182 to be determined.
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Cuomo: More than 37,000 New Yorkers positive for coronavirus, including over 6,000 on LI; 2 new Nassau deaths
By Newsday Staff Updated March 26, 2020 2:02 PM
https://www.newsday.com/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-long-island-new-york-1.43452746
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo blasted a $2 trillion federal coronavirus rescue package for failing to help New York sufficiently as he announced a jump of more than 6,000 cases in the state, for a total of more than 37,000.
"I was shocked that they were so irresponsible in addressing the state and the city need," he said Thursday. "They just did not address the revenue shortfall."
Cuomo said that as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continue to rise, so are related hospitalizations and deaths - leaving the state in a precarious position as it copes with a growing health crisis and shrinking revenues.
Cuomo estimated the state expects a loss in revenue of between $10 billion and $15 billion. "That is a ton of money for the state of New York's budget," he said.
The rescue package gives New York State $5 billion, but it is earmarked for coronavirus expenses only, "which means it does absolutely nothing for us in terms of lost revenue," he said.
"I'm disappointed," he said. "I find it irresponsible. I find it reckless."
'People are dying ...'
While New York City remains the center of the COVID-19 outbreak in the state, with more than 21,000 cases to date, Long Island has 6,649 cases with both counties combined.
A growing concern, Cuomo said, was the rising number of deaths of vulnerable patients. He said 385 people have died of coronavirus-related illness across the state. He said they were largely people who did not come off the ventilators, used for patients in respiratory distress, after many days of treatment.
"This is the really bad news. The number of deaths is increasing ... People are dying and that is the worst news you can have," Cuomo said.
According to the state figures, Nassau County has 3,914 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 629 new positives since Wednesday, while Suffolk County has 2,735 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 475 new positives in the same period.
In Nassau County, Curran reported two new deaths on Thursday morning: women ages 59 and 66. She also said 39 members of the Nassau County Police Department have tested positive for the virus and that 90 department members are in quarantine to avoid spread.
She said the county has purchased 100 new ventilators to supply for treatment on an emergency basis.
"Right now, our hospitals are reporting that they have enough to handle what they have today," she said. "More is likely to come."
Suffolk County had reported on Wednesday three more deaths for a total of 20, the seventh successive day in which the county announced it had lost people to the virus.
Nurse was a 'hero'
Earlier in the day, Mount Sinai Health System in Manhattan confirmed that a nurse who had been treating COVID-19 patients has died.
Mount Sinai did not disclose the nurse's name.
In a statement published overnight, the health system wrote "we are deeply saddened by the passing of a beloved member of our nursing staff. The safety of our staff and patients has never been of greater importance and we are taking every precaution possible to protect everyone."
Mount Sinai added that the virus has devastated hundreds of families in New York. "Today, we lost another hero - a compassionate colleague, friend and selfless caregiver."
Mount Sinai did not say in its statement if the nurse had coronavirus.
'Facts are empowering...'
Cuomo disclosed that he speaks frequently with President's Donald Trump's scientific point-person on the coronavirus crisis, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has become a nationally known figure during the president's daily press briefings at the White House.
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, has been "so kind and helpful to me," Cuomo said.
"I speak to health care professionals all across the globe literally, but Dr. Fauci I think is just brilliant at this and he has been so personally kind. I call late at night, I call him in the middle of the night, I call him in the morning, and he's been really a friend to me."
Cuomo also called for a fact-based approach to the crisis.
"Facts are empowering in a situation like this," he said. "Not knowing the facts is worse because that's when you feel out of control or when you feel that you are getting selective facts or you are being deceived by the information that you are getting. That is actually the worst situation."
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