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COVID-19 CASE UPDATE - August 8, 2020, 4:00 p.m.

Suffolk County reported the following information related to COVID-19 on August 8, 2020. Last updated August 7, 2020

Total Persons Tested

  • 519,764 COVID-19 tests have been administered, an addition of 6,401 tests        
  • 8.4 percent of those tested since March have been confirmed positive for COVID-19
  • 0.9 percent of those tested on Long Island in the last reported 24-hour period tested positive for COVID-19
  • 1.1 percent of those tested in Suffolk County in the last reported 24-hour period tested positive for COVID-19

Tested Positive for COVID-19

  • 43,749 total cases
  • 68 new cases

Antibody Testing

  • 227,400 total tested for antibodies
  • 24,103 individuals not previously tested for COVID-19 have tested positive for antibodies

Fatalities

  • 0 fatalities
  • 1,998 total fatalities

Hospitalization, numbers from August 8

  • 42 individuals were hospitalized, a decrease of 5 in the last  24 hours
  • 9 patients were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a decrease of 3 since yesterday
  • 5 new admissions
  • 10 discharges
  • 5,643 discharged since March 22

Hospital Capacity

  • 3,025 hospital beds, 828 available, 27 percent
  • 401 ICU beds, 129 available, 32 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
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin

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