STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed the life of one more Staten Islander in the past 24 hours, while 13 new confirmed cases of the disease were reported here, city Health Department data show.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 1,025 borough residents are believed to have succumbed to the virus, according to the most recent figures published.
That total was 1,024 on Monday and 1,022 on Sunday.
The fatalities include 847 Staten Islanders with confirmed coronavirus cases, an uptick of one from Monday at 1:30 p.m.
In addition, 178 deaths were in the “probable” category, the same as for each of the past several days.
A death is classified as “probable” if the decedent was a city resident who had no known positive laboratory test for the coronavirus, but the death certificate lists “COVID-19” or an equivalent as a cause of death.
A Health Department source said the figures reflect totals as of when they are reported to the agency and not when the deaths occur.
Also as of Tuesday afternoon, there have been 13,739 confirmed coronavirus cases in the borough since the pandemic’s outbreak, the data said.
That total had been 13,726 cases at the same time on Monday.
Just one day earlier, there had been an increase of 35 cases between Sunday’s total of 13,691 and Monday, which marked the highest in a 24-hour period in more than a week.
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Throughout the five boroughs, there were 207,373 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Tuesday afternoon.
The number represented a jump of 324 from Monday’s tally of 207,049.
Citywide, the death toll had reached 22,145 on Tuesday afternoon, a bump up of 21 from the 22,124 fatalities recorded 24 hours earlier.
Deaths had also increased by 21 between Sunday and Monday.
The fatalities consist of 17,455 individuals who were confirmed coronavirus cases, along with 4,690 others whose deaths were deemed as “probable” COVID-19 cases.
A large majority of the deaths in confirmed coronavirus cases which were investigated by the city thus far have occurred in patients with underlying medical issues, said the Health Department.
Underlying conditions include diabetes, lung disease, cancer, immunodeficiency, heart disease, hypertension, asthma, kidney disease and gastro-intestinal/liver disease, said the Health Department.
On the plus side, a total of 3,296 coronavirus patients have been treated at and released from the borough’s two hospital systems since the pandemic’s outbreak.
Staten Island University Hospital’s (SIUH) two campuses have discharged 2,122 patients as of Tuesday, said Jillian O’Hara, a spokeswoman.
Richmond University Medical Center has treated and released 1,174 patients, Alex Lutz, a spokesman, said.
Meanwhile, the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients in the borough fell by four.
On Tuesday morning, 51 patients were being cared for on Staten Island.
The total is less than one-tenth of the tally from two months ago when in-patient numbers peaked.
On April 8, 554 Islanders were hospitalized with the coronavirus.
At SIUH, 36 patients were being treated Tuesday morning, the same number as the two preceding days, said O’Hara. No coronavirus patients are in the Prince’s Bay facility, she said.
Richmond University Medical Center was caring for 15 coronavirus patients as of Tuesday morning, down four from Monday, Lutz said.
With respect to testing, the data show 2,885 of every 100,000 Staten Islanders have received positive results for the coronavirus, according to 2018 Census data projections and the Health Department’s Tuesday afternoon tally.
Staten Island’s infection rate is second highest among the five boroughs.
Officials, however, stress the examinations do not necessarily reflect the full spread of the virus.
The Bronx’s infection rate has topped the city for many weeks.
In that borough, 3,263 residents per 100,000 have tested positive. The Bronx has had 46,734 cases.
Queens has the third highest rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in the city, with 2,777 residents per 100,000 testing positive. There have been 63,284 cases in that borough, the second-most populous.
Brooklyn, the borough with the largest population, has the fourth-lowest rate of infection per 100,000 residents – 2,226.
Brooklyn’s 57,487 cases are the second most among the five boroughs.
Manhattan has the lowest infection rate in the city with 1,597 per 100,000 residents testing positive.
There have been 26,018 positive cases in Manhattan, the data said.