Covid-19: Here's Brand-New Breakdown Of Putnam County Cases By Community

Sevearl new COVID-19-related deaths were reported in Putnam last week as the county creeps closer to 100 fatalities since the pandemic began.

The latest breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Putnam County.
Photo Credit: *Putnam County DOH*

Zak Failla

02/05/2021 10:30 a.m.

Putnam County officials reported 504 newly confirmed cases in the latest data released by the Department of Health, bringing the total to 7,349 total cases out of 143,176 COVID-19 tests administered since the virus started spreading in early March last year.

The new virus-related deaths brought the total to 81. This is the third straight week the county has reported multiple COVID-19 fatalities after seeing a long stretch of zero or one death weekly for months.

There are currently 18 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Putnam County, which is monitoring 394 active cases.

A breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Putnam County, according to the latest information released by the Department of Health as of Friday, Feb. 5:

Carmel: 2,744 (200 new);
Southeast: 1,471 (82);
Kent: 935 (52);
Putnam Valley: 839 (59);
Patterson: 705 (61);
Philipstown: 655 (50).

Statewide, a total of 1,440,718 positive COVID-19 cases have been confirmed out of 32.78 million tests that have been administered. There have been a total of 35,767 virus-related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.

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