Long Island officials are
issuing a warning for all residents as cases are increasing across the area.
Suffolk County Executive
Steve Bellone says the infection rate in the county has remained above 6%.
“Today’s infection rate
remains above 6% once again, and this week we saw four straight days
of new cases over 1,000. To put this in perspective, during the height of the
pandemic this spring, Suffolk County only saw 12 days over 1,000 new cases,”
says Bellone.
Nassau
County Executive Laura Curran also gave a statement on the recent surge saying,
"At the moment hospital capacity is not a pressing threat in Nassau
County, but the trend is heading in the wrong direction. To save lives and
prevent further restrictions on restaurants and other businesses, we must do
everything we can to hold the line."
Curran
added that at the peak of the pandemic, Nassau had almost 2,600 patients with
COVID-19, compared to 337 in hospitals on Sunday.