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In the top 20 ZIP codes in areas that have seen recent outbreaks - Brooklyn, Queens and Rockland and Orange Counties - 3,473 tests were conducted on Sunday, Oct. 4, yielding 193 positives or a 5.5 percent positivity rate.
In the remainder of the state, 72,931 tests were conducted yielding 740 positives or a 1.01 percent positivity rate.
On Long Island, the positive percentages in the last five days are as follows:
- Wednesday, Sept. 30: 1.0 percent
- Thursday, Oct. 1: 1.3 percent
- Friday, Oct. 2: 1.2 percent
- Saturday, Oct. 3: 0.9 percent
- Sunday, Oct. 4: 0.9 percent
There were 56 new COVID-19 cases reported in Nassau County with another 49 positive cases in Suffolk County.
There were eight deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State on Saturday, with none on Long Island.
Here is overall state data for Sunday:
- Patient Hospitalization - 636 (+18)
- Patients Newly Admitted - 72
- Number ICU - 149 (+11)
- Number ICU with Intubation - 70 (+3)
- Total Discharges - 77,141 (+51)
- Deaths - 8
- Total Deaths - 25,527
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