Covid-19: Here's Long Island Positive Testing Rate; Latest Totals By County
Long Island saw a slight downturn in the positivity rate for COVID-19 testing, according to newly released data on Sunday, Sept. 13.
Of a total of 72,668 test results reported on Saturday, Sept. 12 to New York State yesterday, 725, or 0.99 percent, were positive.
Here are positivity testing rates for the last five days on Long Island:
Tuesday, Sept. 8: 1.8 percent
Wednesday, Sept. 9: 1.0 percent
Thursday, Sept. 10: 1.3 percent
Friday, Sept. 11: 1.4 percent
Saturday, Sept. 12: 1.2 percent
In Nassau County, 78 new cases were confirmed on Saturday (down five from a day earlier) wi…
Woman Drove Drunk With Three Children In SUV At Long Island Shopping Center, Police Say
A woman drove drunk at a busy Long Island shopping center with three children in the SUV, police said.
It happened Saturday, Feb. 2 just before 9 p.m. in Lindenhurst, Suffolk County Police said.
First Precinct officers observed a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe driving erratically in the parking lot of Applebee’s Grill & Bar, located at 600 North Wellwood Ave., and initiated a traffic stop.
When officers approached the vehicle, they observed three children, ages 1, 3 and 7, unrestrained in the backseat, according to police.
Detectives charged the driver, Sara Caceres-Portillo, 28, of …
