Suffolk County reported the following information related to COVID-19 on July 18, 2020. Last updated July 17, 2020
Total Persons Tested
- 410,600 COVID-19 tests have been administered, an addition of 4,671 tests
- 10.3 percent of those tested since March have been confirmed positive for COVID-19
- 1 percent of those tested on Long Island in the last reported 24-hour period tested positive for COVID-19
Tested Positive for COVID-19
- 42,440 total cases
- 58 new cases
Antibody Testing
- 202,831 total tested for antibodies
- 21,777 individuals not previously tested for COVID-19 have tested positive for antibodies
Fatalities
- 0 new fatalities
- 1,993 total fatalities
Hospitalization, numbers from July 17, updated July 18 at 4:30 p.m.
- 61 individuals were hospitalized, an increase of 1
- 17 patients were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), an increase of 3
- 7 new admissions
- 7 discharged
- 5,523 discharged since March 22
Hospital Capacity
- 3034 hospital beds, 844 available, 28 percent
- 433 ICU beds, 162 available, 37 percent
Suffolk County Map of COVID-19 Cases click on “COVID-19 Case Tracker”
New York State Contact Tracing information
New York Forward Reopening Guide
Suffolk County COVID-19 Guidance and Services
NY Forward Statewide Guidelines
Beginning on June 25, persons traveling to New York, New Jersey or Connecticut from any state that has an infection rate above 10 per 100,000 on the seven-day rolling average or 10 percent of the total population positive on a seven-day rolling average are required to quarantine for 14-days. As of today, the states that are above that level include:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Wisconsin