COVID-19 Update: Slight increase in deaths, increased cases, reduced hospitalizations again

Staten Island, NY — The City Health Department has recorded 407 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Staten Island in the last 24 hours, but two more residents of the autonomous region have died from the disease. Is being considered.

At the same time, hospitalizations for Staten Island’s coronavirus, which has fluctuated since mid-December, have declined for four consecutive days.

According to the latest data available, as of 1 pm on Friday, 39,912 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported on Staten Island since March. That number was 39,505 on Thursday.

All data are tentative, subject to change, and may reflect delays in collection, according to sources from the Ministry of Health.

Also, as of Friday afternoon, 1,394 residents of the autonomous region are believed to have died of coronavirus-related complications.

Deaths include 1,197 Staten Islanders with confirmed cases of COVID-19. Three more than Thursday.

In addition, 197 deaths were included in the “potential” category. That number decreased by one from 24 hours ago, marking the first change since January 6.

If the decedent was a city resident who was unaware of a positive coronavirus test, but the death certificate listed “COVID-19” or an equivalent as the cause of death, the death was “possible.” It is classified as “Yes”.

Most of the coronavirus deaths identified in the five provinces occurred in individuals with underlying medical problems, according to data from the City Health Department.

These conditions include lung disease, asthma, heart disease, weakened immunity, obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease, and cancer.

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Meanwhile, coronavirus hospitalizations on Staten Island decreased by 14 for the second straight day.

In fact, COVID hospitalizations here have been declining daily since then. Monday when they hit 302.

As of Friday afternoon, 259 coronavirus patients were being treated in two hospital systems in the autonomous region. There were 273 patients on Thursday, 287 on Wednesday, and 297 on Tuesday.

Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) was treating 203 patients on Friday, including patients at the newly reopened Emergency Field Hospital on the grounds of the South Beach Psychiatric Center in Ocean Breeze, spokesman Christian Preston said. It was.

That number was 6 24 hours ago.

The University of Richmond Medical Center had reduced eight people since Thursday, treating 56 patients, spokesman Alex Lutz said.

As of Friday afternoon, 481,528 confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded throughout the city.

That number shows a surge of 5,127 from a total of 476,401 on Thursday.

In all five provinces, there are 26,398 suspected deaths from the coronavirus.

The death toll consists of 21,492 confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Another 4,906 people died and were considered “probable” cases of COVID-19.

Regarding the test, 8,382 of the 100,000 Staten Islanders checked received positive results for the coronavirus, according to 2018 census data forecasts and Ministry of Health’s Friday afternoon tally. The data shows that.

Staten Island has the highest per capita infection rate of the five provinces.

However, authorities have emphasized that the test does not necessarily reflect the complete spread of the virus.

The Bronx infection rate is the second highest.

In that autonomous region, 6,653 residents per 100,000 people tested positive. The Bronx has 95,279 confirmed cases.

Queens has the third highest rate of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the city, with 100,000 tests positive for 6,194 inhabitants. In that autonomous region, there were 141,157 cases, the second most populous.

Brooklyn, the most populous country, has the fourth lowest infection rate per 100,000 inhabitants, at 5,383.

However, Brooklyn’s 139,037 cases are the second most common of the five provinces after Queens.

Manhattan has the lowest infection rate in the city, with 4,059 per 100,000 inhabitants tested positive.

According to the data, there were 66,105 positive cases in Manhattan.