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Hunt for hospital staff on Staten Island 'is on again,' says Borough President Oddo

Hunt for hospital staff on Staten Island ‘is on again,’ says Borough President Oddo Updated Dec 10, 2020; Posted Dec 09, 2020 Borough President James Oddo is shown at Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton on April 20, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. “The chase for staffing help for Staten Island’s hospitals is on again,” said Borough President James Oddo, as Staten Island’s health care systems see a surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) hospitalizations reaching levels not seen since the spring. As of Wednesday morning, 244 people were being treated for COVID-19 within the borough’s two hospital systems, which represented an increase of 10 since Tuesday and a rise of 69 since Dec. 1.

7 new suspected COVID deaths reported on S.I. — 40 for month of December