Covid-19: Long Island Sees Another Uptick In Positive Testing Rate; Latest Totals By County

Long Island has seen a new uptick in the positivity rate for COVID-19 testing, according to newly released data on Saturday, Sept. 12.

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Joe Lombardi

09/12/2020 2:10 p.m.

Of a total of 102,925 test results reported on Friday, Sept. 11 to New York State, 849, or 0.82 percent, were positive.

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

Monday, Sept. 7: 1.5 percent
Tuesday, Sept. 8: 1.8 percent
Wednesday, Sept. 9: 1.0 percent
Thursday, Sept. 10: 1.3 percent
Friday, Sept. 11: 1.4 percent

In Nassau County, 83 new cases were confirmed on Friday (down 22 from a day earlier) with another 81 in Suffolk County (up 10 from the previous day).

A total of 849 new COVID cases were reported in New York on Friday, bringing the statewide total to 443,640 during the pandemic.

There were two deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State on Friday, with one on Long Island (in Nassau County) -- bringing the total to 25,382 during the pandemic.

Here is overall state data for Saturday:

Patient Hospitalization - 467 (-7)
Patients Newly Admitted - 58
Hospital Counties - 34
Number ICU - 127 (+7)
Number ICU with Intubation - 51 (-3)
Total Discharges - 75,707 (+58)

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