As of Thursday, May 14, 118,022 Westchester residents have been tested for COVID-19, with 31,792 (26.9 percent) testing positive for the virus. Since the outbreak hit the county in early March, 1,256 Westchester residents have died from COVID-19.
“The number of fatalities has been dropping dramatically night after night after night, which is encouraging to see,” Westchester County Executive George Latimer said during his daily COVID-19 briefing from the Westchester County Child Care Emergency Drop Center on Thursday. “It continues to be a trend, and it’s important to note that nothing has spiked or changed.
“There has been a steady decline over the past three weeks, without showing a new increase in infections or hospitalizations,” he added.
A breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Westchester, by municipality, according to the county’s Department of Health:
- Yonkers: 6,576 (469 active);
- New Rochelle: 2,788 (187);
- Mount Vernon: 2,558 (192);
- White Plains: 1,672 (128);
- Port Chester: 1,113 (135);
- Greenburgh: 1,074 (70);
- Ossining Village: 986 (95);
- Peekskill: 830 (128);
- Cortlandt: 737 (93);
- Yorktown: 567 (28);
- Mount Pleasant: 541 (22);
- Eastchester: 435 (31);
- Harrison: 376 (24);
- Mamaroneck Village: 370 (34);
- Sleepy Hollow: 356 (31);
- Scarsdale: 347 (5);
- Dobbs Ferry: 293 (47);
- Tarrytown: 268 (22);
- Mount Kisco: 254 (36);
- Bedford: 229 (20);
- Somers: 227 (36);
- Elmsford: 189 (28);
- North Castle: 188 (12);
- Rye City: 185 (10);
- Rye Brook: 171 (12);
- New Castle: 167 (6);
- Mamaroneck Town: 166 (9);
- Pelham: 162 (9);
- Croton-on-Hudson: 158 (9);
- Ossining Town: 146 (9);
- Tuckahoe: 127 (3);
- North Salem: 115 (20);
- Hasitngs-on-Hudson: 110 (2);
- Pleasantville: 109 (5);
- Pelham Manor: 102 (1);
- Lewisboro: 94 (12);
- Ardsley: 89 (5);
- Briarcliff Manor: 88 (9);
- Irvington: 64 (4);
- Larchmont: 64 (4);
- Bronxville: 62 (1);
- Buchanan: 34 (2);
- Pound Ridge: 26 (1).
According to the state Department of Health, as of Wednesday, May 14, 1,298,757 New Yorkers have now been tested for COVID-19, with 343,051 testing positive. Statewide, there have been 22,170 COVID-19-related fatalities.
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