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Covid-
19: Long Island Sees New Increases In Infection Rate, Cases; Latest Data By Community
With Passover and Easter on the horizon, Long Island continues to see a rise in new COVID-19 cases as the region and state both saw the infection rate climb near 3.50 percent after plateauing earlier in 2022. The average seven-day COVID-19 positive infection rate on Long Island rose nearly .20 points, up to 3.49 percent of those tested on Wednesday, April 6, topping the statewide average of 3.39 percent. Ten new virus-related deaths were reported in New York, according to the Department of Health, though the death toll in Nassau remained at 3,824 since the beginning of the pandemic and the …
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19: Long Island Sees New Increases In Infection Rate, Number Of Cases; Latest Breakdown
With the holidays approaching, Long Island continues to see a rise in new COVID-19 infections as the region and state both saw the infection rate climb over 3.20 percent after plateauing earlier in 2022. The average seven-day COVID-19 positive infection rate on Long Island rose nearly .20 points, up to 3.31 percent of those tested on Tuesday, April 5, though it remains one of the lowest rates of New York's 10 regions. Statewide, the positivity rate is also on the rise, up to 3.22 percent on April 5 after hovering below 2 percent for several weeks, according to the most recent update from th…
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19: Long Island Sees New Increase In Positive-Test Rate: Latest Breakdown By Community
Long Island continues to see a rise in new COVID-19 infections as the region and state both saw the infection rate climb over 3 percent. In the past week, the average seven-day COVID-19 positive infection rate on Long Island rose from 2.54 percent on Monday, March 28 to 3.13 percent of those tested on Monday, April 4, according to the latest update from the state Department of Health. Statewide, the positivity rate is also surging, up from 2.43 percent to 3.05 percent during the same time frame. Ten new virus-related deaths were reported in New York, according to the Department of Health, …
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Covid-
19: Long Island Sees Increases In Cases, Infection Rate; Latest Breakdown By Community
Long Island continues to see a rise in new COVID-19 infections as the region and state continue to see the positive infection rate climbing after plateauing following the winter surge of the virus. In the past week, the average seven-day average COVID-19 positive infection rate on Long Island rose from 1.91 percent on Monday, March 21 to 2.54 of those tested on Monday, March 28, according to the latest update from the state Department of Health. The rise marks the seventh-straight day that Long Island has seen its infection rate climbing. Statewide, the positivity rate is also surging, up …
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19: Long Island Sees Increases In Cases, Infection Rate; Here's Latest Data By Community
The positive infection rate on Long Island and in New York are both back above 2 percent as the region contends with a rise in new cases and virus-related fatalities. In the past week, the average seven-day average COVID-19 positive infection rate on Long Island rose from 1.91 percent on Monday, March 21 to 1.99 percent the following day and up to 2.08 percent of those tested on Wednesday, March 23. Statewide, the positivity rate is also surging, up from 1.78 percent to 2.02 percent during the same time frame. Just five new virus-related deaths were reported in New York, ac…
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Covid-
19: Long Island Sees New Increases In Cases, Infection Rate; Latest Data By Community
New York continues to see a rise in new COVID-19 infections across the state, including on Long Island, which is approaching a 2 percent positive infection rate. The average seven-day average COVID-19 positive infection rate on Long Island has been on the rise after bottoming out earlier this month, ballooning to 1.99 percent of those tested as of Tuesday, March 22, up from below 1.50 percent earlier in March. Related story - COVID-19: US Infections Expected To Rise As Subvariant Cases Triple Every Two Weeks Statewide, the positivity rate is also surging, up to 1.94 percent on March 22. I…
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19: Long Island Seeing Steady Increases In Cases, Positive-Test Rate; Here's New Data
New York continues to tout improved COVID-19 numbers, though the data has been slowly getting worse on Long Island. For the third straight day, the average seven-day average COVID-19 positive infection rate on Long Island has slipped, up to 1.95 percent of those tested on Sunday, March 20, up from below 1.90 percent throughout the rest of the week. Related story - COVID-19: US Infections Expected To Rise As Subvariant Cases Triple Every Two Weeks Statewide, the positivity rate is also on the rise, up to 1.92 percent on March 20, up from below 1.50 percent earlier in the month. In mid…
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Exposing Himself To Teen In Valley Stream
A 33-year-old man is facing a host of charges after allegedly exposing himself to a teenager on Long Island and then later massaging his genitals while he attempted to hide, police said. It is alleged that Paul Cotugno was in the driveway of a neighbor’s home in Valley Stream on East Mineola Avenue shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 17 when he was caught by a 15-year-old teen girl who spotted him on her property. The frightened teen proceeded to run into her house screaming, police said, and then she and a 63-year-old male resident of the home came outside to confront Cotugno, a Val…
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Covid-
19: NY Infection Rate Stays Below 2 Percent Over Two Weeks; Latest Data From Long Island
New York continues to tout improved COVID-19 numbers as the state has seen its positive infection rate hold steady under 2 percent for more than two straight weeks. After spiking at around 20 percent during the post-holiday surge of new infections, on Friday, March 11, New York’s positivity rate was 1.38 percent, its lowest seven-day average rate since July 20, 2021. In mid-January, the positivity rate in New York hovered around 20 percent for several weeks as the world contended with the Omicron variant of the virus. Seventeen new virus-related deaths were reported in New York in the late…
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Suspect On Run After Shooting Man At Long Island Mall
Police are searching for a suspect who walked into a footwear store at a Long Island mall and shot a man. The incident took place in Nassau County around 4:30 p.m., Monday, March 7 at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream. During the attack, an unknown person entered Famous Footwear and confronted another man in the store, pulled out a handgun, and fired one round, striking the victim in the leg, police said. He then fled the store with a second man in an unknown direction, police said. The victim was transported to an area hospital. Both men were wearing dark-colored clothing…
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Long Island Man Killed During Head-On Crash With School Bus In Suffolk
A Long Island man was killed after crashing into a school bus while allegedly driving erratically and crossing the double yellow line on the highway, police said. John A. Caputo, age 31, of Valley Stream, was killed around 5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 10, in Riverhead. According to detectives, the Riverhead Town Police received a report of an erratic driver in a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee failing to maintain its lane of travel, westbound on Sound Avenue. The vehicle crossed over the double yellow line into eastbound traffic and stuck a Riverhead Central School District Bus which was tr…
Police & Fire
Woman Charged For Leaving Child Unattended In Car Outside Nassau County Mall
A 24-year-old woman was arrested by police on Long Island after leaving an infant in the back of an unlocked vehicle outside an area mall, authorities announced. An emergency call was made to the Nassau County Police Department shortly after 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8, when a witness spotted a young child left alone in an unattended parked car in the parking lot of the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream. Upon arrival, police said that officers found an 8-month-old child in the rear seat of the parked vehicle, which was unlocked and still running. Paramedics were called to the scene to e…
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