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In the latest numbers released by the state Health Department, there were 36 new cases out of 1,571 Rockland County residents tested, a 2.3 percent positive infection rate.
Comparatively, the region as a whole had a 1.2 percent infection rate, and the statewide rate has remained under 1 percent for more than a month.
Since the pandemic began, Rockland has a 9.7 percent infection rate, with 14,617 of 150,100 tests coming back positive for COVID-19 the highest in the region.
There are currently 272 active COVID-19 cases in Rockland County, with six hospitalized with the virus. There have been 675 COVID-19-related deaths since the pandemic began. There has been an average of 2.62 new positive COVID-19 cases over the past seven days, up from 0.9 new cases per week last month.
A breakdown of active COVID-19 cases in Rockland, according to the county Department of Health:
- Monsey: 75;
- Spring Valley: 70;
- Suffern: 25;
- Nanuet: 23;
- New City: 17;
- Pearl River: 10;
- Pomona: 8;
- Stony Point: 7;
- West Nyack: 6;
- Blauvelt: 4;
- Congers: 4;
- Thiells: 4;
- Tappan: 3;
- Nyack: 3;
- Haverstraw: 3;
- Sparkill: 2;
- Orangeburg: 2;
- Sloatsburg: 2;
- Garnerville: 2;
- Valley Cottage: 1;
- West Haverstraw: 1.
"We’ve had more than 20 new positive results almost every day in September," Rockland County Executive Ed Day stated. "And while this is due to a number of factors — including college students who are from Rockland testing positive elsewhere and being counted in our local numbers — we need to remain vigilant."
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