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There were 757 new COVID-19 infections confirmed in Nassau on Thursday, Feb. 4, bringing the total to 132,301 since the pandemic began last year. Suffolk reported 771 new infections, for a total of 147,064.
As of Friday, Feb. 5, there were 1,382 COVID-19 patients hospitalized on Long Island, representing 0.05 percent of the region's population, the highest rate in New York. There is currently 36 percent of hospital beds still available on Long Island in case of a new spike in cases.
If Long Island - or any of the state's nine other regions - finds itself in danger of hitting its 90 percent hospital capacity rate within three weeks, Cuomo has vowed to shut down the entire region.
The seven-day average infection rate for those tested on Long Island has been dropping, from 6.19 percent to 5.56 percent in the past five days, still the highest rate across the state.
Fifteen new COVID-19 fatalities were reported in Suffolk, as the total rose to 2,853, according to the state, and in Nassau, 14 new fatalities brought the death toll climbed to 2,725 since last March.
The latest breakdown of the communities with the most confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nassau, according to the most recent data provided by the county Department of Health on Feb. 5:
- Levittown: 3,372;
- Freeport: 2,738;
- Hicksville: 2,707;
- Hempstead: 2,704;
- East Meadow: 2,547;
- Valley Stream: 2,375;
- Oceanside: 2,069;
- Long Beach: 2,067;
- Elmont: 2,045;
- Franklin Square: 2,026;
- Glen Cove: 1,894;
- Uniondale: 1,744;
- Massapequa: 1,551;
- Rockville Centre: 1,499;
- Baldwin: 1,348;
- Woodmere: 1,344;
- West Hempstead: 1,294
- Plainview: 1,280;
- North Bellmore: 1,255;
- North Massapequa: 1,253;
- Wantagh: 1,246;
- Lynbrook: 1,201;
- Mineola: 1,187;
- Massapequa Park: 1,181;
- Mineola: 1,179;
- Merrick: 1,178;
- East Massapequa: 1,184.
The breakdown of cases reported in Suffolk County, according to the Department of Health:
- Brookhaven: 40,899;
- Islip: 36,684;
- Babylon: 20,441;
- Huntington: 16,298;
- Smithtown: 10,298;
- Southampton: 4,389;
- Riverhead: 2,728;
- East Hampton: 1,324;
- Southold: 1,303;
- Shelter Island: 41.
There were 203,627 COVID-19 tests administered in New York on Feb. 4, according to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, resulting in 8,777 new cases for a 4.31 percent positive infection rate, down slightly from earlier in the week.
The infection rate is the lowest the state has recorded since November.
Thirty COVID-19 patients were discharged from New York hospitals, as the total dropped to 7,937 still being treated statewide. There are 1,516 patients in ICU, and 1,000 are currently intubated. There were 153 new COVID-19-related deaths reported in the past 24 hours.
Statewide, a total of 1,449,495 positive COVID-19 cases have been confirmed out of 32.98 million tests that have been administered. There have been a total of 35,920 virus-related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
"The numbers are continuing to decline after our post-holiday surge, but we are not out of the woods yet," Cuomo said. "We've flattened the curve for a second time because New Yorkers rallied and pulled together to change their behavior.
"As we work to get shots in arms as fast as humanly possible, it is now more important than ever that we keep this downward trend going and continue to wear a mask and socially distance."
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