Covid Update 8/12/20 With Steve Bellone, County Executive

Suffolk County reported the following information related to COVID-19 on August 12, 2020. Last updated August 11, 2020 

Total Persons Tested

• 539,870 COVID-19 tests have been administered, an addition of 5,030 tests        
• 1 percent of those tested since March have been confirmed positive for COVID-19
• 9 percent of those tested on Long Island in the last reported 24-hour period tested positive for COVID-19
• 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

• 43,948 total cases
• 55 new cases

Antibody Testing

• 230,240 total tested for antibodies
• 24,392 individuals not previously tested for COVID-19 have tested positive for antibodies

Fatalities

• 0 fatalities
• 1,998 total fatalities

Hospitalization numbers from August 11

• 42 individuals were hospitalized, an increase of 9 in the last  24 hours
• 6 patients were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), an increase of 3  
• 11 new admissions
• 3 discharges
• 5,664 discharged since March 22

Hospital Capacity

• 3,033 hospital beds, 804 available, 27 percent
• 395 ICU beds, 119 available, 30 percent

• Islip — 13,228
• Huntington —5,302
• Brookhaven – 10,227
• Babylon — 7,268
• Smithtown — 2,674
• Southold — 397
• Southampton — 1,121
• Riverhead — 775
• East Hampton — 236
• Shelter Island — 9

*************************** Township of Huntington **************************

• Lloyd Harbor 53
• Cold Spring Harbor 79
• West Hills 106
• Melville 470
• Wheatley Heights 211
• Dix Hills 579
• South Huntington 290
• Huntington Station 1,440
• Huntington 402
• Halesite 39
• Huntington Bay 31
• Centerport 111
• Greenlawn 456
• Elwood 300
• Commack 770
• East Northport 433
• Fort Salonga 161
• Northport Village 94
• Eatons Neck 12
• Asharoken Village 3

Below is the conference call from todays update with County Executive Bellone where TheHuntingtonian asks some serious questions about Huntingtonians having enough with Taxes/LIPA tax issue/No electricity.