Covid-19: Long Island Sees New Increases In Cases, Positivity Rate; Latest Totals By County

Long Island has seen new increases in both the positivity rate for COVID-19 testing and the number of new cases, according to newly released data on Saturday, Nov. 7.

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Joe Lombardi

11/07/2020 5:00 p.m.

The positive testing rate in all focus areas under New York State's Micro-Cluster strategy is 4.22 percent, and outside the focus zone areas, it's 2.01 percent. Within the focus areas, 13,488 test results were reported Friday, Nov. 6, yielding 569 positives.

Here are positivity testing rates for the last three days on Long Island:

Wednesday, Nov. 4: 2.0 percent
Thursday, Nov. 5: 1.9 percent
Friday, Nov. 6: 2.5 percent

In Nassau County, 254 new cases were confirmed on Friday, Nov. 6 with another 259 in Suffolk County.

There were 18 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, with one on Long Island (in Nassau County) -- bringing the total to 25,928 during the pandemic.

Here is overall state data for Friday:

Patient Hospitalization - 1,381 (+60)
Patients Newly Admitted - 213
Hospital Counties - 43
Number ICU - 308 (+23)
Number ICU with Intubation - 138 (+9)
Total Discharges - 80,494 (+126)
Deaths - 18

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