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Following a small uptick in COVID-19 cases in the middle of the week, Westchester has seen a dip as the numbers continue to improve, encouraging County Executive George Latimer.
Health officials in Westchester are currently monitoring 6677 active COVID-19 cases, down from 7,922 a week ago, 9,343 two weeks ago, and 11,193 as recently as Thursday, Jan. 28.
A total of 103,506 positive COVID-19 infections have been confirmed in Westchester out of nearly two million tests administered. The overall 5.2 percent positive infection rate is down slightly and among the lowest in the Hudson Valley. We ve gone from about 11,400 to 7,000 in the past month, so that s a good steady trend line, Latimer said. There was a slight uptick Wednesday and Thursday, but still, the numbers have been dropping.
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More than two million COVID-19 tests have now been administered in Westchester, marking a new milestone, County Executive George Latimer said.
There have now been 2,001,761 COVID-19 tests administered in Westchester since the pandemic began nearly a year ago, resulting in a total of 104,400 positive cases.
Latimer said that the county is monitoring 6,019 active COVID-19 cases as of Monday, Feb. 22, down from 6,677 on Friday, Feb. 19, and from more than 11,000 at the end of January. The overall 5.2 percent positive infection rate is down slightly and among the lowest in the Hudson Valley.
There are currently 403 COVID-19 patients being treated in Westchester hospitals, and there were 33 new virus-related deaths reported in the county in the past week, Latimer said. A total of 2,054 people have died from COVID-19 in Westchester since last March.
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COVID-19 vaccine appointments will be delayed by the winter storm, Pa. and N.J. say Justine McDaniel, Allison Steele, Sean Collins Walsh, The Philadelphia Inquirer © TOM GRALISH/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Glen Jamison (front) and Steve Rogers (with blower) who both grew up in town, help out some elderly neighbors in Lawnside, N.J., in between working on their snow removal contracts Thursday.
The snow piling up across the Northeast piled on to Pennsylvania’s coronavirus vaccine distribution woes, delaying shipments from Pfizer and Moderna and promising to cause even more appointments to be rescheduled this week and likely next.
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