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According to the county Department of Health, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess has risen to 604, up from 576 on Wednesday, Nov. 18, and as few as approximately 200 earlier this month.
There have been 6,439 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began in early March out of 261,617 tests administered in Dutchess.
The Health Department was reporting one new virus-related death, bringing the death toll to 177 since the pandemic began.
42 patients are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 12 last week.
A breakdown of active COVID-19 cases in Dutchess County as of Friday, Nov. 20:
- Poughkeepsie: 74;
- Poughkeepsie City: 50;
- East Fishkill: 50;
- Wappinger: 48;
- LaGrange: 38;
- Beacon City: 35;
- Fishkill: 34;
- Hyde Park: 28;
- Pleasant Valley: 24;
- Dover: 19;
- Red Hook: 18;
- Wappingers Falls Village: 10;
- Beekman: 9;
- Union Vale: 8;
- Amenia: 6.
- Wappingers Falls Village: 8;
- Beekman: 6.
There are less than five active COVID-19 cases in:
- Clinton;
- Fishkill Village;
- Milan;
- Millbrook Village;
- Millerton Village;
- North East;
- Pawling;
- Pawling Village;
- Pine Plains;
- Red Hook Village;
- Rhinebeck;
- Rhinebeck Village;
- Stanford;
- Tivoli Village;
- Washington.
Since the pandemic began in March, there have been 17,386,368 New Yorkers tested for the virus, with 579,382 testing positive. The Department of Health has confirmed 26,257 COVID-19 fatalities.
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