STATEN ISLAND – For the second time this week, the number of deaths on Staten Island resulting from the coronavirus (COVID-19) hit a single one-day high of 14.
As of Wednesday morning, 91 borough residents had succumbed to the disease – 68 in Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) and 23 in Richmond University Medical Center, according to information from the borough’s two hospital systems.
There had been 77 fatalities as of Tuesday.
Fourteen Staten Islanders had also died between Sunday and Monday mornings.
Citywide, the death total spiked by 207 from Tuesday morning into Wednesday morning.
There were 1,139 fatalities in the five boroughs as of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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However, hospitalizations on Staten Island due to the pandemic increased less sharply over the most-recent 24-hour period.
An additional 55 patients had been admitted as of Wednesday morning, bringing the total number of those being treated on Staten Island for the coronavirus to 458. There had been 102 new patients admitted between Monday and Tuesday mornings.
Of the current patients, 368 are hospitalized in SIUH – 279 at the Ocean Breeze campus, with an additional 89 in the Prince’s Bay facility, said Jillian O’Hara, a hospital spokesman.
RUMC, in West Brighton, is caring for 90 patients, including 20 in the Intensive Care Unit, Alex Lutz, a spokesman, said.
The news wasn’t all grim.
By Wednesday morning, an additional 24 patients had been released from the two hospitals after receiving coronavirus treatment, spokespersons said.
Twenty-three of those patients had been in SIUH, with one in RUMC.
Thus far, 295 patients have been treated and released – 257 from SIUH and 38 from RUMC.
Overall, 844 patients have been treated or are currently undergoing treatment for the coronavirus at borough hospitals, the data indicates.
The Health Department said there were 2,480 confirmed coronavirus cases on Staten Island as of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
That figure represented a spike of 166 from Tuesday morning’s total of 2,314 cases.
Throughout the city there were 44,915 cases, a boost of 4,015 during the prior 24-hour period.
Men account for 55% of the overall cases, women for 45%, said the data.
The infection rate per capita continues to rise throughout the city.
Testing, which officials stress does not necessarily reflect the full spread of the virus, now shows 521 of every 100,000 Staten Islanders have tested positive, according to 2018 Census data projections and the Health Department’s Wednesday morning data.
Staten Island accounts for 6% of the city’s total coronavirus cases.
Queens continues to show the highest rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in the city, with 657 residents per 100,000 testing positive. That borough has 14,966 cases, accounting for one-third of the city’s total.
The Bronx’s infection rate of 586 residents per 100,000 remains the second highest in the city.
There are 8,398 cases in the Bronx.
Manhattan retains the lowest infection rate among the boroughs with 427 per 100,000 residents testing positive.
There have been 6,960 positive cases in Manhattan, which accounts for 16% of the city’s total cases, according to the city’s Health Department.
Brooklyn, the heaviest-populated borough, has the fourth-lowest rate of infection per 100,000 residents - 468.
Brooklyn has the second highest case total at 12,076, accounting for 27% of the city’s reported coronavirus cases, Health Department statistics show.
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