Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone provided his Friday COVID-19 update, with more drops in county hospitalization and ICU numbers.
Briefing Notes:
- Suffolk is looking at Gov. Cuomo's phase 2 guidelines - Bellone says county is in a position to watch and learn from jurisdictions that open earlier. - Bellone talks again about accelerating outdoor dining - having conversations to make it happen. - Online portal for camping reservations go back online at 4 p.m. - went down due to overwhelming demand last week. - 86 new COVID-19 cases in Suffolk - 'Good to be under 100.' - Down under 300 hospitalizations for first time since third week in March - drop of 10 over 24-hour period. - ICU bed decline of 7 to 85 total. - 68% hospital capacity - 61% ICU bed capacity. - 1,879 total deaths - increase of 8. - 26 COVID-19 patient discharges.