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The average seven-day positive COVID-19 infection rate of Long Islanders tested for the virus climbed to 2.77 in the latest update from the state Department of Health, up from 2.71 percent the previous day.
Statewide, the positive infection rate continues to rise, up to 2.52 percent on Monday, Oct. 11, up for the fourth straight day.
In Suffolk, 415 new COVID-19 infections were recorded, bringing the total to 236,248 since the pandemic began, while 234 were reported in Nassau as the total rose to 212,296.
According to the latest update from the Department of Health, 35 new deaths were reported statewide, including two in Suffolk to bring the total number of fatalities to 3,572, while the death toll in Nassau held steady at 3,281.
Average seven-day Infection rates in the state’s 10 regions according to the latest update from the Department of Health:
- North Country: 5.58 percent (up .13 percent);
- Mohawk Valley: 5.39 percent (down .05 percent);
- Central New York: 5.40 percent (up .11 percent);
- Western New York: 4.69 percent (up .03 percent);
- Finger Lakes: 4.61 percent (up .11 percent);
- Southern Tier: 3.83 percent (up .13 percent);
- Capital Region: 3.65 percent (down .01 percent);
- Long Island: 2.77 percent (up .06 percent);
- Hudson Valley: 2.50 percent (up .01 percent);
- New York City: 1.34 percent (up .01 percent).
The latest breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Suffolk County, according. to the Department of Health as of Wednesday, Oct. 13:
- Brookhaven: 70,467;
- Islip: 56,921;
- Babylon: 33,454;
- Huntington: 26,748;
- Smithtown: 17,080;
- Southampton: 7,003;
- Riverhead: 4,271;
- East Hampton: 2,116;
- Southold: 1,917;
- Shelter Island: 82.
According to the latest data from the county Department of Health, the most cases in Nassau County have been recorded in:
- Levittown: 6,804;
- Hempstead: 5,259;
- Hicksville: 5,354;
- Freeport: 5,082;
- Valley Stream: 4,818;
- East Meadow: 4,759;
- Elmont: 4,188;
- Oceanside: 4,103;
- Long Beach: 3,982;
- Franklin Square: 3,923;
- Glen Cove: 3,547;
- Uniondale: 3,277;
- Massapequa: 2,986;
- Baldwin: 2,868;
- Rockville Centre: 2,923;
- Woodmere: 2,857;
- Wantagh: 2,659;
- North Bellmore: 2,537;
- North Massapequa: 2,543;
- Plainview: 2,495;
- West Hempstead: 2,454;
- Merrick: 2,422;
- East Massapequa: 2,354;
- Garden City: 2,318;
- Mineola: 2,313;
- Lynbrook: 2,304;
- Massapequa Park: 2,242;
- Seaford: 2,235;
- Bethpage: 2,145.
There were 111,564 new COVID-19 tests administered in New York according to the latest update from the Department of Health, resulting in 3,376 newly confirmed infections for a 3.03 percent positive daily infection rate.
Fifty new COVID-19 patients were admitted to New York hospitals as the number being treated for the virus climbed to 2,148 statewide.
According to the Department of Health, a total of 85.1 percent of New Yorkers over the age of 18 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 76.3 percent are fully vaccinated.
Officials said that 70.1 percent of all New Yorkers have received at least one dose, with 63.2 percent completing the vaccination process.
As of Oct. 13, 1,901,112 (2,654 new) first doses have been administered to Long Island residents, while 1,688,327 (2,370 new) have completed the process, both among the highest rates in the state.
"Millions of New Yorkers have been vaccinated and life is returning to a semblance of normalcy, but COVID-19 still threatens our communities and New Yorkers every single day," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said. "We have to increase the vaccination rate even further to successfully protect our neighbors and loved ones from this virus and put the pandemic in the rearview mirror.
"Getting vaccinated is safe, free, and effective, so I urge everyone to get their shots right away."
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