Suffolk County reported the following information related to COVID-19 on July 19, 2020. Last updated July 18, 2020
Total Persons Tested
- 413,355 COVID-19 tests have been administered, an addition of 2,755 tests
- 10.3 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
Tested Positive for COVID-19
- 42,466 total cases
- 26 new cases
Antibody Testing
- 205,048 total tested for antibodies
- 22,139 individuals not previously tested for COVID-19 have tested positive for antibodies
Fatalities
- 1 new fatality
- 1,994 total fatalities
Hospitalization, numbers from July 17, updated July 18 at 4:30 p.m.
- 58 individuals were hospitalized, a decrease of 3
- 14 patients were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a decrease of 3
- 9 new admissions
- 10 discharged
- 5,533 discharged since March 22
Hospital Capacity
- 3023 hospital beds, 891 available, 29 percent
- 395 ICU beds, 130 available, 33 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