'Do it right. Do it safe.' - Bellone says he's confident Phase 1 reopening will begin next week
"I'm very confident that we can move to Phase 1 this week, and do it successfully," said the county executive.
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May 23, 2020, 4:49 PM
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Notes from today's briefing with County Executive Steve Bellone:
- Bellone: "I'm very confident that we can move to Phase 1 this week, and do it successfully."
- "I couldn't be more proud of the people of this county." Bellone says volunteers marked the graves of service members across the county with American flags.
- Bellone: 130 new cases of COVID-19 in last 24 hours.
- There are 409 people that are hospitalized, 125 of them are in ICU.
- 43 patients have been discharged in past 24 hours.
- There were eight Suffolk residents that died due to COVID-19 on Friday.
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