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Man Injured During Crash At Oceanside Intersection Man Injured During Crash At Oceanside Intersection
Man Injured During Crash At Oceanside Intersection A 50-year-old is in the hospital after he was involved in a crash near an intersection on Long Island. It happened in Oceanside on Tuesday, March 26. According to Nassau County Police, the man was driving his 2015 Honda motorcycle on South Long Beach Road just before 6:30 p.m. When he was near the intersection of Sietz Avenue, he was struck by a 43-year-old man driving a 2020 Toyota. The victim suffered multiple injuries in the crash and was taken to a local hospital, where police said he was in stable condition. Additionally, the Toyota driver suffered minor injuries and was similarly…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
4 Hospitalized After Fight At Valley Stream Bar Spills Out Onto Street 4 Hospitalized After Fight At Valley Stream Bar Spills Out Onto Street
4 Hospitalized After Fight At Valley Stream Bar Spills Out Onto Street Four people were hospitalized after a fight at a Long Island bar spilled out into the street. The chain of events begin around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Valley Stream. When Nassau County Police Fifth Precinct officers responded to North Central Avenue and West Merrick Road for a large disturbance, they located the four victim who suffered  from lacerations and stab wounds. The victims were 33- and 34-year-old men, and 26- and 31-year-old women. Upon further investigation it was determined that the four victims were inside of Moods Lounge and Café, located at 269 West Merrick R…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Car Crashes Into Pole, Houses, Parked Car, Before Overturning In Oceanside: Police Car Crashes Into Pole, Houses, Parked Car, Before Overturning In Oceanside: Police
Car Crashes Into Pole, Houses, Parked Car, Before Overturning In Oceanside: Police Two people were injured in a Long Island accident where a vehicle struck multiple objects, including homes, according to police. The incident occurred on Wednesday, June 21 at approximately 10:15 p.m. in Oceanside, Nassau County Police reported. A 45-year-old male was driving southbound on Harvey Avenue in his 2017 Mercedes Benz when he lost control of the vehicle. The Mercedes Benz first struck a utility pole. It then collided with two houses and a parked car before overturning. Though the houses were occupied at the time of the crash, no injuries were reported by those inside, but …

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Several Hospitalized After Ambulance, SUV Crash In Bellmore Several Hospitalized After Ambulance, SUV Crash In Bellmore
Several Hospitalized After Ambulance, SUV Crash In Bellmore Several people were hospitalized after a crash involving an ambulance and car on Long Island.  It happened around 12:15 a.m. Saturday, March 25 in Bellmore. A Bellmore-Merrick Fire Department ambulance was traveling northbound on Newbridge Road and was struck by a 2019 Subaru traveling westbound on Camp Avenue, Nassau County Police said. The ambulance was responding to an emergency call and overturned. The Subaru was operated by a 50-year-old woman and contained two 14-year-old female passengers. Both rear passengers suffered knee injuries.  One refused medical attention …

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by Joe Lombardi
News
51-Year-Old Killed In Suspected Drunk Driving Crash In Hempstead, Police Say 51-Year-Old Killed In Suspected Drunk Driving Crash In Hempstead, Police Say
51-Year-Old Killed In Suspected Drunk Driving Crash In Hempstead, Police Say A 51-year-old man has died following a suspected drunk driving crash on Long Island. New York State Police troopers were called just before 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, with reports of a serious crash on the Southern State Parkway in the town of Hempstead. A preliminary investigation found that Haynes Harris, age 40, of Baldwin, was driving westbound in a BMW M3 when he struck a Chevy Equinox from behind near exit 17, police said. The impact sent both vehicles off the roadway onto the right shoulder, where the BMW then struck a guardrail before overturning and hitting a utility box. A passen…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Driver Extricated After Car Destroyed In Franklin Square Crash Driver Extricated After Car Destroyed In Franklin Square Crash
Driver Extricated After Car Destroyed In Franklin Square Crash Authorities extricated a driver from a car following a crash at a Long Island intersection.  The Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department said it received a report of a crash with a possible entrapment in Franklin Square at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Van Buren Avenue at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25. Within 15 minutes of arriving, authorities extricated the driver from the vehicle, authorities said. The driver was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, officials reported. The fire department did not provide further details about the crash or the extent of …

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Two Hospitalized After Crash At Long Island Intersection Two Hospitalized After Crash At Long Island Intersection
Two Hospitalized After Crash At Long Island Intersection Two people were hospitalized following a crash at a Long Island intersection. Authorities responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Neighborhood Road and Havenwood Drive in Shirley at about 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, according to the Mastic Beach Fire Department. Authorities did not release details about the two people who were hospitalized. Mastic Beach Ambulance and the Suffolk County Police Department also responded to the scene, the fire department said.

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Man Seriously Injured After Being Struck By SUV On Massapequa Roadway Man Seriously Injured After Being Struck By SUV On Massapequa Roadway
Man Seriously Injured After Being Struck By SUV On Massapequa Roadway Police are investigating a crash on a Long Island roadway that left a person seriously injured. It happened just after 11:05 a.m. Saturday, July 30 in Massapequa. A 43-year-old woman operating a 2020 Dodge SUV was leaving a marked parking stall in a lot on the 1000 block of Hicksville Road and struck a 76-year-old man who was walking, Nassau County Police said.  The victim fell to the ground and struck his head on the pavement, causing a fractured skull and internal bleeding, according to police.  He was transported to a local hospital in a Nassau County Police Ambulan…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Guide Dog, Fighting For Life, Travels To NY For Treatment Guide Dog, Fighting For Life, Travels To NY For Treatment
Guide Dog, Fighting For Life, Travels To NY For Treatment A guide dog from Massachusetts who has been dubbed the "Goodest Girl in STEM" on TikTok is in need of help as she fights for her life in New York. O'Hara was hospitalized after she was diagnosed with meningitis encephalitis with inflammatory brain lesions earlier in July. She initially sought treatment in New York City and is now getting care back in her native area right outside Boston.  O'Hara's owner Isabella 'Bella" Scott has been traveling with her the entire time. Last we heard, Scott said her dog was showing some signs of improvement but was still struggling to get better. "An impo…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Man Crossing Mineola Roadway Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Car Man Crossing Mineola Roadway Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Car
Man Crossing Mineola Roadway Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Car An 86-year-old man is hospitalized in critical condition after being struck by a driver while crossing a Long Island roadway, police said. In Mineola, the man was crossing 2nd Street at the intersection of Roosevelt Place shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 26 when he was struck by a 2012 Toyota that was being driven by a 60-year-old driver, a spokesperson from the Nassau County Police Department said. According to police, the pedestrian was transported to an area hospital by paramedics and is listed in critical condition on Friday, May 27. Investigators noted that the driver of the…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Fire Breaks Out At Syosset Condo, Injures Three Fire Breaks Out At Syosset Condo, Injures Three
Fire Breaks Out At Syosset Condo, Injures Three Three Long Island residents suffered smoke inhalation after a fire ripped through a condominium complex. The blaze broke out in Syosset at 212 Summit Way, around 10:15 p.m., Wednesday, April 13, said the Nassau County Police. Responding officers discovered an active structure fire in multiple attached units.  At least seven units sustained "extensive" fire and water damage, police said.  Three residents were transported to an area hospital for minor injuries associated with the fire, they added. The Syosset Fire Department extinguished the fire with the assistance of&…

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by Kathy Reakes
Sports
Yankees Fans Struck By Lightning While Leaving Spring Training Game Yankees Fans Struck By Lightning While Leaving Spring Training Game
Yankees Fans Struck By Lightning While Leaving Spring Training Game Two Yankees fans were struck by lightning while leaving a spring training game. The incident took in Tampa, Florida, around 3:45 p.m., Saturday, April 2, said Vanessa Nettingham, of the Tampa Police. The strike occurred when the two were walking in the parking lot of the Raymond James Stadium across from George M. Steinbrenner Field, Nettingham said. The couple, who were unidentified, were leaving early from the Yankees and Atlanta Braves game after it ended in the sixth inning due to a thunderstorm in the area, she added. The man, in his 60s, and the woman, in her 20s, were transpor…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Two Critically Injured In Crash Near New Hyde Park Shopping Center Two Critically Injured In Crash Near New Hyde Park Shopping Center
Two Critically Injured In Crash Near New Hyde Park Shopping Center Two people were hospitalized with critical injuries after being involved in a crash in front of a Long Island shopping center, police said. In Nassau County, Homicide Squad detectives were dispatched in New Hyde Park on Tuesday, March 29, where there was a report of a crash involving a Range Rover and Subaru. The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. on March 29 outside 2317 New Hyde Park Road. According to police, a 25-year-old man was driving a 2018 Range Rover when he collided with a 32-year-old male driver in a 2015 Subaru in front of Party City in New Hyde Park. Police said that as a …

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: CDC Unveils New Strategy Allowing Communities To Ease Masking, Social Distancing COVID-19: CDC Unveils New Strategy Allowing Communities To Ease Masking, Social Distancing
Covid-19: CDC Unveils New Strategy Allowing Communities To Ease Masking, Social Distancing The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance to permit most healthy Americans to ditch their masks indoors, including students. On Friday, Feb. 25, the CDC announced it was altering its metrics that are used to determine which communities can begin lifting their mask mandates with a focus less on positive test results and more on virus-related hospitalization numbers. Previously, the CDC’s prevention guidance for local communities focused on the rate of new COVID-19 cases and the seven-day average positive infection rate; however, as the ongoing fight aga…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Hospitalized After Suffering Medical Event At Nassau County Restaurant Man Hospitalized After Suffering Medical Event At Nassau County Restaurant
Man Hospitalized After Suffering Medical Event At Nassau County Restaurant A 61-year-old man was hospitalized after suffering a medical event at a Long Island restaurant. The man suffered the medical episode in Levittown at about 10:45 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 4, according to the Nassau County Police Department. When officers arrived, a nurse was giving the man CPR, NCPD said. Officers continued giving CPR, and the man regained and lost a pulse multiple times, police said.  Wantagh-Levittown Ambulance Corp. also responded and began giving medical aid, NCPD said.  The man was taken to an area hospital and was listed in stable condition, police said.

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
One Injured in Long Island Shooting One Injured in Long Island Shooting
One Injured in Long Island Shooting Detectives on Long Island are investigating a shooting that left one hospitalized overnight. Police said that at approximately 10:10 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 27, a man was shot outside a Lexington Avenue home in Central Islip following an altercation with a second party. Following the shooting, the man was transported to an area hospital in a private vehicle for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, according to detectives. No other information was released about the shooting. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding the incident has been asked…

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: NY Sees Surge In Hospitalizations, But Fewer Are In ICUs COVID-19: NY Sees Surge In Hospitalizations, But Fewer Are In ICUs
Covid-19: NY Sees Surge In Hospitalizations, But Fewer Are In ICUs New York has seen a spike in post-holiday COVID-19 hospitalizations, though patients being treated have largely avoided serious illness as more and more become fully vaccinated. The number of New Yorkers being treated for COVID has been surging, though fewer people are ending up in intensive care compared to previous waves of the virus, according to the Department of Public Health. In its latest update, the Department of Health was reporting 11,184 New Yorkers who were hospitalized with COVID-19, though only 1,404 were in ICU, a shift from previous waves of the virus. Over the past seven d…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Link Shown Between Severity, Death From Virus And Smoking, New Study Reveals COVID-19: Link Shown Between Severity, Death From Virus And Smoking, New Study Reveals
Covid-19: Link Shown Between Severity, Death From Virus And Smoking, New Study Reveals A new study has found a strong link between smoking cigarettes and severe outcomes from COVID-19 infection. According to a report from News Medical, researchers for the UK Biobank study looked at "primary care records, COVID-19 test results, hospital admissions data and death certificates" to search for associations between smoking and hospitalizations and death from COVID-19.  The news site reported that 59 percent of participants have never smoked, 37 percent were former smokers and 4 percent were smokers.  The study found that current smokers were 80 percent more likely to be …

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Two Seriously Injured In Crash On LI Expressway, Driver Changed With DWI, Police Say Two Seriously Injured In Crash On LI Expressway, Driver Changed With DWI, Police Say
Two Seriously Injured In Crash On LI Expressway, Driver Changed With DWI, Police Say A 23-year-old man was charged with driving while intoxicated after authorities said he struck an SUV on the Long Island Expressway, seriously injuring two people.  The crash happened at about 4:10 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26, in Manorville. Segundo Daquilema Lluilema, of Corona, was driving a 2017 Toyota Corolla on the westbound side, east of Exit 70, when he changed lanes and struck the rear of the 2007 Toyota Highlander, Suffolk County Police Department said. The Highlander then left the roadway and overturned. Police said a passenger in the Highlander was taken to the hospital with s…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Injured In Drive-By Shooting On Residential Long Island Street 21-Year-Old Injured In Drive-By Shooting On Residential Long Island Street
21-Year-Old Injured In Drive-By Shooting On Residential Long Island Street A 21-year-old man was hospitalized after being victimized in a drive-by shooting on a residential road on Long Island, police said. Shots rang out on Prospect Street near the intersection of 45th Street in North Amityville at approximately 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 14, with two bullets striking the man, who was standing outside an area home. Police said that after the man was shot, the driver proceeded to drive off without stopping. The shooting victim was treated at the scene and transported to an area hospital for additional treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. It is unclear what …

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by Zak Failla
News
ID Released For Tour Bus Driver In NY Thruway Crash Hospitalizing 57 ID Released For Tour Bus Driver In NY Thruway Crash Hospitalizing 57
ID Released For Tour Bus Driver In NY Thruway Crash Hospitalizing 57 The identity has been released of the driver of a tour bus headed from the Hudson Valley that crashed on the New York Thruway about 25 miles west of Syracuse, sending 57 people to the hospital. The crash happened Saturday afternoon, Aug. 14 on westbound I-90 near Exit 40 (Weedsport) in Cayuga County when it exited the roadway for an unknown reason and rolled over onto the grassy shoulder, according to New York State Police. All 57 occupants, including the driver, were transported for injuries ranging from minor to serious.   The bus had departed from the Poughkeepsie area on Satu…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
COVID-19: NY Pledges $15M To Help Boost Vaccination Rates In Lagging Areas COVID-19: NY Pledges $15M To Help Boost Vaccination Rates In Lagging Areas
Covid-19: NY Pledges $15M To Help Boost Vaccination Rates In Lagging Areas With the more transmissible Delta COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly across the country, state health officials are urging New Yorkers to ignore the rhetoric and go get the vaccine. During a COVID-19 briefing this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that nearly 75 percent of New Yorkers had been vaccinated, however, approximately 3.5 million people remain unvaccinated as the state contends with vaccine hesitancy among some communities. “Those who are vaccinated reduce the risk of hospitalization by 94 percent, so if you're vaccinated, you’re much less likely to get COVID to begin with, and i…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck While Walking Near Nassau County Fast-Food Restaurant Pedestrian Struck While Walking Near Nassau County Fast-Food Restaurant
Pedestrian Struck While Walking Near Nassau County Fast-Food Restaurant A pedestrian was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle crossing a busy roadway outside a Long Island fast-food restaurant, police said. A 57-year-old woman was driving a 2017 Honda east on the Hempstead Turnpike at approximately 10:35 p.m. on Tuesday, July 27 when she struck the female pedestrian in the vicinity of the Checker’s restaurant in East Meadow, Nassau County Police said. According to police, the pedestrian suffered severe head trauma, and was transported by paramedics to an area hospital for treatment of the injuries. Investigators noted that th…

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by Zak Failla
News
Man Struck By LIRR Train Man Struck By LIRR Train
Man Struck By Lirr Train A man was seriously injured after being hit by a train on Long Island. The incident took place around 9:30 p.m., Monday, June 7, when the man was struck by a train at the Amityville station, said MTA officials. The man was removed to the hospital alive with leg injuries after being struck. Some 115 commuters on the train, the 9:12 p.m. out of Babylon to Penn Station, were safely moved to another train, while the track was de-energized to remove the injured man. The MTA Police are investigating the incident but said that no criminality was involved during the incident.

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Police: Dirt-Biker Rider Doing 'Wheelie' Seriously Hurt After Crash With Minivan On Long Island Police: Dirt-Biker Rider Doing 'Wheelie' Seriously Hurt After Crash With Minivan On Long Island
Police: Dirt-Biker Rider Doing 'Wheelie' Seriously Hurt After Crash With Minivan On Long Island A 24-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition after being struck by a minivan while doing a “wheelie" on a dirt bike in a two-vehicle Long Island crash, police said. Detectives from the Nassau County Police Department said that at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, the man was driving an unregistered dirt bike north on Grand Avenue in Baldwin when he crashed into a 2011 Toyota minivan. As a result of the collision, the driver of the dirt bike suffered “severe trauma injuries” and was transported to an area hospital for treatment, police said.  The operator of the minivan was not…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Two Hospitalized After Chain-Reaction Nassau County Crash Two Hospitalized After Chain-Reaction Nassau County Crash
Two Hospitalized After Chain-Reaction Nassau County Crash Two people were hospitalized after a chain-reaction, three-vehicle crash on a busy Long Island roadway overnight. It happened around 3 a.m. Saturday, April 4 in Mineola. A Lexus sedan, being operated by a 27-year-old man, was traveling eastbound on Jericho Turnpike where it intersects with Willis Avenue when it was involved in a collision with a Chevrolet SUV operated by a 38-year-old man, Nassau County Police said.  The Chevrolet SUV then collided with a Jeep SUV operated by a 26-year-old woman, according to police.  The Lexus sedan proceeded to collide with a fence at 113…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Two Injured In Crash Between Mercedes-Benz, Ambulance On Nassau Roadway Two Injured In Crash Between Mercedes-Benz, Ambulance On Nassau Roadway
Two Injured In Crash Between Mercedes-Benz, Ambulance On Nassau Roadway Two people were hospitalized, one with critical injuries, after a crash between an SUV and an ambulance on a busy Long Island roadway. It happened around 1:50 p.m. Friday, April 2 in Carle Place. The Nassau County Police ambulance was traveling eastbound on Old Country Road with engaged emergency lights and sirens when the collision happened with a Mercedes-Benz SUV traveling westbound, according to authorities. The Mercedes made a left turn onto Zeckendorf Boulevard from Old Country Road at the time, police said.  A Land Rover stopped on Zeckendorf Boulevard was also impacted during…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
COVID-19: Long Island Sees New Positive-Test Rate Increase; Latest Case Breakdown By Community COVID-19: Long Island Sees New Positive-Test Rate Increase; Latest Case Breakdown By Community
Covid-19: Long Island Sees New Positive-Test Rate Increase; Latest Case Breakdown By Community More than 1,300 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Long Island in the past 24 hours as the positive infection rate saw a small increase and remains among the highest in New York. For the third straight day, the seven-day average infection rate on Long Island rose, from 4.39 percent to 4.52 percent on Thursday, April 1, the second-highest of New York's 10 regions, better only than the mid-Hudson Valley's 4.84 percent rate. Statewide, the positive infection rate continues to rise, up to 3.59 percent on April 1. In Suffolk, 706 newly confirmed COVID-19 infections were reported, bringing the …

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: Long Island Sees New Infection-Rate Increase; Latest Rundown Of Cases By Community COVID-19: Long Island Sees New Infection-Rate Increase; Latest Rundown Of Cases By Community
Covid-19: Long Island Sees New Infection-Rate Increase; Latest Rundown Of Cases By Community For the second straight day, Long Island reported an uptick in positive COVID-19 infection rates as the region remains among the hottest spots for the virus in New York. Suffolk was reporting 764 newly confirmed COVID-19 infections in the latest data provided by the state Department of Health, bringing the total to 183,206 since the pandemic began. In Nassau, 689 new cases made it a total of 168,246. After holding steady at 4.34 percent for consecutive days earlier in the week, the average seven-day positive infection rate on Long Island rose to 4.38 percent on Tuesday, March 30 to 4.39 per…

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Long Island Cases By Community COVID-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Long Island Cases By Community
Covid-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Long Island Cases By Community After seeing nearly a week of rising infection rate, Long Island saw it dip for the second time in as many days as both Suffolk and Nassau reported more than 600 new cases. According to the state Department of Health, there were 632 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Nassau, as the total rose to 159,401, while there were 651 cases reported in Suffolk for a total of 173,321 since the pandemic began more than a year ago. Nine new COVID-19 fatalities in Suffolk brought the death toll to 3,185, while two new deaths in Nassau brought the total to an even 3,000. The COVID-19 average seven-day posit…

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Long Island Cases By Community, Other Data COVID-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Long Island Cases By Community, Other Data
Covid-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Long Island Cases By Community, Other Data The positive COVID-19 test rate on Long Island remains among the highest in the state as both Suffolk and Nassau counties recorded more than 500 new cases in the latest data released by the state Department of Health. In Suffolk, 598  new infections were confirmed, bringing the total in the county to 168,199 since the pandemic began last year. Nassau reported 577 new cases, as the total hit 154,288. The average seven-day infection rate on Long Island was up slightly, from 4.23 percent on Monday, March 8 to 4.25 the following day, the second-highest in the state behind only the mid-Huds…

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by Zak Failla