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Covid-19: Death Toll Tops 2K; New Rundown Of Westchester Cases By Community

More than 2,000 Westchester residents have now died from COVID-19, though the number of active cases continues dropping as the vaccine becomes more readily available.

The Westchester COVID-19 map on Friday, Feb. 12.

The Westchester COVID-19 map on Friday, Feb. 12.

Photo Credit: Westchester County

Westchester reported 12 new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to 2,175 fatalities, including 2,010 county residents. 

There are now 7,353 active COVID-19 cases, down from nearly 9,000 last week, and there have been a total of 100,504 confirmed infections out of more than 1.9 million tested since the beginning of the pandemic.

On Thursday, Feb. 11, there were 12,442 COVID-19 tests administered in Westchester, resulting in 520 new cases, according to the Department of Health.

The overall 5.3 percent positive infection rate is among the lowest in the Hudson Valley.

A total of 39,695 residents have received at least their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Westchester County Center, including 2,025 on Thursday.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Westchester, by municipality, according to the Department of Health on Feb. 12:

  • Yonkers: 2,060;
  • New Rochelle: 714;
  • Mount Vernon: 627;
  • White Plains: 437;
  • Yorktown: 290;
  • Greenburgh: 269;
  • Port Chester: 261;
  • Mount Pleasant: 195;
  • Peekskill: 192;
  • Ossining Village: 181;
  • Cortlandt: 175;
  • Eastchester: 151;
  • Harrison: 148;
  • Somers: 142;
  • Bedford: 106;
  • Mamaroneck Village: 101;
  • Tarrytown: 98;
  • Sleepy Hollow: 84;
  • North Castle: 81;
  • Hastings-on-Hudson: 74;
  • Rye City: 71;
  • Scarsdale: 68;
  • New Castle: 66;
  • Mount Kisco: 59;
  • Dobbs Ferry: 58;
  • Elmsford: 54;
  • Rye Brook: 50;
  • Croton-on-Hudson: 46;
  • Mamaroneck Town: 45;
  • North Salem: 43;
  • Pelham Manor: 42;
  • Tuckahoe: 42;
  • Pelham: 38;
  • Bronxville: 36;
  • Irvington: 34;
  • Lewisboro: 34;
  • Pleasantville: 33;
  • Ardsley: 30;
  • Larchmont: 25;
  • Ossining Town: 24;
  • Briarcliff Manor: 27;
  • Pound Ridge: 25;
  • Buchanan: 17.

There were 237,134 COVID-19 tests administered in New York on Feb. 11, according to Cuomo, resulting in 8,404 new cases for a 3.54 percent positive infection rate, holding relatively steady from the previous day.

The seven-day average positivity rate in New York has dropped to 4.04 percent, the lowest since Nov. 30, representing 35 days of consecutive decline in the number.

Two hundred and seventy-four COVID-19 patients were discharged from New York hospitals, as the total being treated dropped to 7,068 still being treated statewide, down by more than 700 a week ago. There are 1,358 patients in ICU, and 869 are currently intubated.

There were 135 new COVID-19-related deaths reported in the past 24 hours.

Statewide, a total of 1,512,690 positive COVID-19 cases have been confirmed out of 34.5 million tests that have been administered. There have been a total of 36,882 virus-related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. 

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