Covid-19: Number Of Rockland Cases Hits Nearly 2.5K; Brand-New Breakdown By Community

Five new virus-related deaths were reported in Rockland over the weekend as the county continues combating the "holiday surge" of new COVID-19 cases.

The breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Rockland on Monday, Jan. 11.
Photo Credit: *Rockland County*

Zak Failla

01/11/2021 1:30 p.m.

There have now been 790 COVID-19 deaths reported in Rockland as the county monitors 2,449 active infections, down from 2,566 on Friday, Jan. 8.

A total of 106 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized from the virus, down from 75 a week ago, while the 6.5 percent overall infection rate remains the highest in the Hudson Valley.

There have now been a total of 29,444 positive COVID-19 cases reported in Rockland out of more than 453,229 tested.

A breakdown of active COVID-19 cases, by community, on Monday, Jan. 11:

Spring Valley: 351;
Monsey: 295;
New City: 241;
Nanuet: 213;
Suffern: 175;
Haverstraw: 147;
Stony Point: 147;
Pearl River: 115;
Garnerville: 114;
Pomona: 111;
West Haverstraw: 77;
Nyack: 73;
Valley Cottage: 71;
Congers: 69;
West Nyack: 61;
Blauvelt: 39;
Orangeburg: 32;
Tappan: 30;
Thiells: 23;
Sloatsburg: 22;
Hillburn: 19;
Sparkill: 8;
Tomkins Cove: 6;
Palisades: 5;
Piermont: 5.

Statewide, a total of 1,126,442 positive COVID-19 cases have been confirmed out of 27.3 million tests that have been administered. There have been a total of 31,672 virus-related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.

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