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The COVID-19 death toll has now reached 56 countywide.
With 14 new COVID-19 cases in Putnam, the county now has had 1,270 cases since the pandemic began in early March.
There are currently 11 COVID-19 patients at Putnam Hospital, while the Department of Health is monitoring 32 cases of possible COVID-19. Of the confirmed cases, 53 percent have been men, and 47 percent were women.
The latest town-by-town breakdown of COVID-19 in Putnam County, as of Tuesday, May 12, according to the Department of Health:
- Carmel: 410 (3 new);
- Southeast: 249 (5);
- Kent: 226 (3);
- Putnam Valley: 156 (2);
- Patterson: 122;
- Philipstown: 107 (1).
According to the state Department of Health, 1,225,113 New Yorkers have been tested for COVID-19, with 338,485 testing positive, and 1,430 new cases in the past 24 hours. Since the COVID-19 outbreak hit New York in early March, there have been 21,845 deaths tied to the virus.
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