STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The city Health Department reported two more coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths on Staten Island in the past 24 hours and 16 new cases of the disease.
As of 1 p.m. Thursday 1,035 borough residents are believed to have succumbed to the virus, according to the most recent figures published.
That total was 1,033 on Wednesday based on the Health Department’s revised fatality total for the borough.
The fatalities include 857 Staten Islanders with confirmed coronavirus cases, up two from Wednesday’s adjusted tally of 855.
In addition, 178 deaths were in the “probable” category, the same daily number since June 11.
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 spokesman explained revisions in daily death totals or case counts are due to data updates such as removing duplicates or revising infected individuals’ addresses. The Health Department’s webpage states all reported data is preliminary and subject to change.
Also as of Thursday afternoon, there have been 13,861 confirmed coronavirus cases in the borough since the pandemic’s outbreak, the data said.
There had been 13,845 cases reported at the same time on Wednesday.
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Throughout the five boroughs, there were 210,523 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Thursday afternoon.
The number represented a jump of 338 from Wednesday’s tally of 210,185.
Citywide, the death toll had reached 22,384 at 1 p.m. Thursday, a bump up of 19 from the 22,365 fatalities recorded 24 hours earlier.
The fatalities consist of 17,715 individuals who were confirmed coronavirus cases, along with 4,669 others whose deaths were deemed as “probable” COVID-19 cases.
On the plus side, 3,374 coronavirus patients have been treated and released from the borough’s two hospital systems since the pandemic struck.
Staten Island University Hospital’s (SIUH) two campuses have discharged 2,177 patients, said Jillian O’Hara, a spokeswoman.
Richmond University Medical Center has treated and released 1,197 patients, Alex Lutz, a spokesman, said.
Meanwhile, number of hospitalized coronavirus patients declined by one.
On Thursday morning, 45 patients were being cared for on Staten Island.
By contrast, near the height of the pandemic 11 weeks ago on April 8, 554 Islanders were hospitalized with the coronavirus.
At SIUH, 33 patients were being treated Thursday morning, the same number as Wednesday, said O’Hara. No coronavirus patients are in the Prince’s Bay facility, she said.
Richmond University Medical Center was caring for 12 coronavirus patients on Thursday, down one from Wednesday, Lutz said.
With respect to testing, the data show 2,911 of every 100,000 Staten Islanders have received positive results for the coronavirus, according to 2018 Census data projections and the Health Department’s Thursday 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, 3,306 residents per 100,000 have tested positive. The Bronx has had 47,342 cases.
Queens has the third highest rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in the city, with 2,821 residents per 100,000 testing positive. There have been 64,281 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 – 2,261.
Brooklyn’s 58,389 cases are the second most among the five boroughs.
Manhattan has the lowest infection rate in the city with 1,629 per 100,000 residents testing positive.
There have been 26,533 positive cases in Manhattan, the data said.