Suffolk County Government issued the following announcement on April 9.
Suffolk County reported the following information related to COVID-19 through 2:30 p.m. on April 9, 2020
- 40,253 COVID-19 tests have been administered as of April 8
- 43.3 percent of those tested were confirmed positive for COVID-19
- 18,803 confirmed cases, at this time
- Town breakdown can be found here.
- 1,595 patients are hospitalized (up 10 from April 8),
- 531 of hospitalized patients are in the intensive care unit, an increase of 14 patients from April 8
- 362 individuals have died, up 39 from 323 on April 8
- There are presently 3,365 hospital beds and 750 ICU beds in Suffolk County
- In the last 24 hours, 139 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital
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