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COVID-19 CASE UPDATE - July 21, 2020, 5:30 p.m.

Suffolk County reported the following information related to COVID-19 on July 21, 2020. Last updated July 20, 2020

Total Persons Tested

  • 422,098 COVID-19 tests have been administered, an addition of 4,508 tests
  • 10.1 percent of those tested since March have been confirmed positive for COVID-19
  • 1.4 percent of those tested on Long Island in the last reported 24-hour period tested positive for COVID-19

Tested Positive for COVID-19

  • 42,575 total cases
  • 79 new cases

Antibody Testing

  • 206,702 total tested for antibodies
  • 22,288 individuals not previously tested for COVID-19 have tested positive for antibodies

Fatalities

  • 1 fatality
  • 1,995 total fatalities

Hospitalization, numbers from July 20, updated July 21 at 4:30 p.m.

  • 52 individuals were hospitalized, an increase of 5
  • 16 patients were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), an increase of 1
  • 6 new admissions
  • 1 discharged
  • 5,550 discharged since March 22

Hospital Capacity

  • 3019 hospital beds, 882 available, 29 percent
  • 399 ICU beds, 151 available, 38 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

COVID-19 Travel Advisory
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: 

  • Alaska
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Arizona
  • California
  • Delaware
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Iowa
  • Idaho
  • Indiana
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Maryland
  • Missouri
  • Mississippi
  • Montana
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • Wisconsin

Minnesota has been removed from the Travel Advisory List

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