Bellone: Suffolk COVID-19 death toll crosses over 1,100
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone gave his Monday COVID-19 update.
News 12 Staff
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Apr 27, 2020, 5:36 PM
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Updated 1,594 days ago
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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone gave his Monday COVID-19 update.
Briefing Notes:
- Bellone talks about COVID-19 and domestic violence -- says county has seen uptick is domestic violence incidents. - Also touches on mental health 'challenges,' that have been added to by the crisis. Says to contact Suffolk at 311 to be provided with resources. - Over 33,000 cases across Suffolk. - 32 additional COVID-19 deaths, 1,102 total death toll. - Decrease in hospitalizations, ICU bed occupants. - 953 available hospital beds, 228 ICU beds available. - 69 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from hospitals. - County has delivered a total of 2.9M pieces of PPE. Additional 20,000+ went out Sunday. - Meal program at county schools continues to ramp up. Over 300,000 meals delivered. - Bellone stresses importance of compliance to social distancing orders.