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COVID-19: Long Island Sees New Climb In Cases As Infection Rate Tops 8 Percent COVID-19: Long Island Sees New Climb In Cases As Infection Rate Tops 8 Percent
Covid-19: Long Island Sees New Climb In Cases As Infection Rate Tops 8 Percent After coasting through the summer and fall, the holiday spike of COVID-19 cases on Long Island has led to it being among the hottest beds for the virus in New York. Long Island now has the second-highest seven-day average positive infection rate of the state's 10 regions, as it spiked past 8 percent to 8.19 percent, with only Western New York (9.24 percent and trending downward) reporting worse numbers. Statewide, the positive infection rate is also on the rise, from 4.83 percent to 5.73 percent in the past three days, according to the latest update from the New York State Department of Hea…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Long Island Infection Rate Remains Among State's Highest; New Breakdown By Community COVID-19: Long Island Infection Rate Remains Among State's Highest; New Breakdown By Community
Covid-19: Long Island Infection Rate Remains Among State's Highest; New Breakdown By Community Long Island saw a slight downtick in its positive COVID-19 infection rate, though it remains among the highest in New York State.  According to the state Department of Health, the seven-day rolling positivity average dropped from 4.43 percent on Friday, March 19 to 4.34 percent as of Thursday, March 25, the second-highest in the state behind only the Hudson Valley's 4.82 percent. Statewide, the infection rate held steady at 3.37 percent for the second straight day. "Long Island and the Hudson Valley have been problematic," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during a COVID-19 briefing thi…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: See How Many Years Americans Killed By Virus Would Have Lived Otherwise, Study Shows COVID-19: See How Many Years Americans Killed By Virus Would Have Lived Otherwise, Study Shows
Covid-19: See How Many Years Americans Killed By Virus Would Have Lived Otherwise, Study Shows The average American who has succumbed to COVID-19 could have kept on living for another 13 years, according to a new Harvard University study. The assumption that COVID-19 is only killing elderly people near a natural death is not supported by research, said study author Stephen J. Elledge, a genetics professor at Harvard Medical School. The study looks at the 194,000 COVID-19 related deaths in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic to October. By looking at actuarial data on life expectancy and demographics, researchers said that more than 2.5 million person-years of life have been…

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by Kristin Palpini