STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – No new deaths related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported on Staten Island in the past 24 hours, city Health Department data show.
As of 1 p.m. on Monday, the borough’s pandemic fatality toll stood at 1,014, the same number as on Sunday afternoon, according to the most recent figures published.
The fatalities include 837 Staten Islanders with confirmed coronavirus cases, plus an additional 177 deaths in the “probable” category.
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.
Meanwhile, as of Monday afternoon, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases on Staten Island rose by 17 from the same time on Sunday.
There have been 13,590 confirmed coronavirus cases in the borough since the pandemic’s outbreak, the data said.
That total had been 13,573 cases on Sunday afternoon.
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Across the five boroughs, there were 204,253 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Monday afternoon.
The number represented a spike of 434 from Sunday’s tally of 203,819.
Citywide, the death toll reached 21,877 on Monday afternoon, a jump of 33 from the 21,844 fatalities recorded 24 hours earlier.
The deaths consist of 17,169 individuals who were confirmed coronavirus cases, along with 4,708 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 3,209 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 2,062 patients as of Monday, said Jillian O’Hara, a spokeswoman.
Richmond University Medical Center has treated and released 1,147 patients, Alex Lutz, a spokesman, said.
At the same time, the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients in the borough stood at 90.
The total is a fraction compared to two months ago when in-patient numbers peaked.
On April 8, 554 Islanders were hospitalized with the coronavirus.
At SIUH, 52 patients were being treated Monday morning, said O’Hara. No coronavirus patients are in the Prince’s Bay facility, she said.
Richmond University Medical Center was caring for 38 coronavirus patients as of Monday morning, Lutz said.
With respect to testing, the data show 2,854 of every 100,000 Staten Islanders have received positive results for the coronavirus, according to 2018 Census data projections and the Health Department’s Monday 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 still tops the city.
In that borough, 3,219 residents per 100,000 have tested positive. The Bronx has had 46,103 cases.
Queens has the third highest rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in the city, with 2,737 residents per 100,000 testing positive. There have been 62,367 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 – 2,189.
Brooklyn’s 56,530 cases are the second most among the five boroughs.
Manhattan has the lowest infection rate in the city with 1,569 per 100,000 residents testing positive.
There have been 25,553 positive cases in Manhattan, the data said.