Suffolk County taking steps to fast-track new outdoor dining spaces
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone provided his Thursday COVID-19 update, with some plans for outdoor dining and small decreases in hospitalization figures.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone provided his Thursday COVID-19 update, with some plans for outdoor dining and small decreases in hospitalization figures.
Briefing Notes:
- Suffolk is looking at allowing outdoor dining - 'an activity we believe can we done safely.' - Bellone issuing order that will allow automatic approval for new outdoor dining spaces for restaurants. - Bellone: 'Hopeful' that allowing outdoor dining will be an activity that can be 'accelerated.' - Courts on Long Island will begin process to starting in-person operations Friday. - 1,398 contact tracers on Suffolk's team. - Additional 101 COVID-19 patients - 39,359 total. - 12,956 COVID-19 antibody positives - separate from above numbers. - Decrease of four COVID-19 hospitalizations - total of 301. - Decrease of two ICU patients - total of 92. - Death toll rises by 10 - total of 1,871. - Hospital capacity at 66% -- ICU bed capacity at 58%. - About 40,000 PPE distributed over last 24 hours - received 18,000 PPE, and another 17,000 coming in Thursday.