Suffolk Reporter

Suffolk County issued the following announcement on Dec. 18.

Suffolk County reported the following information related to COVID-19 on December 18, 2020. Last updated December 17, 2020

Data is from December 17

COVID-19 Testing

• 16,531 COVID-19 tests were administered
• 1,743,399 total tests have been administered since March
• 1,197 new cases were reported
• 80,047 total cases have been reported since March
• 4.6% of those tested since March have been confirmed positive for COVID-19
• 6.3% tested positive on Long Island yesterday; 6.1% positive on a 7-day average
• 7.2% tested positive in Suffolk County yesterday; 6.7% positive on a 7-day average

  Suffolk County Map of COVID-19 Cases: Click link and then on “COVID-19 Case Tracker”

Antibody Testing

• 31,905 individuals not previously tested for COVID-19 tested positive for antibodies
• 304,918 in total have been tested for antibodies

Fatalities

• 4 fatalities
• 2,153 total fatalities

COVID-19 Hospitalizations data from December 17, 2020

• 520 individuals were hospitalized, an increase of 8 in 24 hours
• 48 were new admissions
• 81 patients were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a decrease of 1 in 24 hours
• 45 patients were in the ICU and intubated
• 47 were discharged since the last report
• 7,083 have been discharged since March 22

Hospital Capacity

• 3,225 hospital beds, 860 available, 27 percent
• 433 ICU beds, 98 available, 23 percent

Original source can be found here.