Covid-19: Here's How Nassau, Suffolk Rank In Cases, Positivity Testing Rate For Entire Pandemic
Once the hottest spot in the country for COVID-19 cases, New York has seen a positive infection rate around or under 1 percent for nearly six weeks.
Despite students returning to classrooms, and many employees returning to work post-Labor Day, the number of those tested for COVID-19 on Long Island hasn’t exceeded 1.5 percent in recent days.
But for the entire pandemic, starting in mid-March, the rates are much higher, due to the spike in cases through much of April.
A breakdown of the total number of tests and positive cases, by county, according to the Department of Health is as follows: …
Covid-19: Here's Brand-New Five-Day Testing Rate For Long Island
After Long Island saw an uptick in the COVID-19 test positivity rate for four straight days, the percentage declined slightly according to newly released data.
Here are the day-by-day infection rates:
Tuesday, Sept. 1: 0.8 percent
Wednesday, Sept. 2: 1.1 percent
Thursday, Sept. 3: 1.4 percent
Friday, Sept. 4: 1.5 percent
Saturday, Sept. 5: 1.1 percent
Statewide, of the 85,630 test results reported to New York State on Saturday, 729, or 0.85 percent, were positive. A day earlier, the statewide infection rate was .80 percent.
Those 729 new cases the last 24 hours bring the total …
