With thousands of new coronavirus (COVID-19) tests being conducted daily throughout New York, Long Island has seen a slight increase in the number of patients who tested positive for the virus.
In New York, 52,025 COVID-19 tests were performed in the last 24 hours, with a total of 524 (1 percent) testing positive for the virus, giving the state an average of 1.1 percent over the past week.
According to Johns Hopkins University, New York’s seven-day average of positive cases is the lowest in the country.
On Long Island, the number of positive cases has remained relatively stable, increasing slightly:
- Saturday, June 27: 0.8 percent;
- Sunday, June 28: 0.7 percent;
- Monday, June 29: 1.10 percent.
There were 27 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Nassau County, with 46 new cases in Suffolk County.
Statewide, there are currently 891 COVID-19 patients still hospitalized, the lowest since the pandemic began in mid-March. There were 13 recently reported COVID-19 deaths, for a total of 24,855.
In the past three months, 3,914,938 New Yorkers have been tested for COVID-19, with 393,454 positives.
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