STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – For the third time this month no new deaths related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported on Staten Island during a 24-hour period, city Health Department data show.
As of 1 p.m. Tuesday, the number of fatalities believed to have been caused by the disease in the borough stood at 1,034, the same tally as Monday afternoon, according to the most recent figures published.
Twice previously – from June 7 into June 8 and from this past Friday into Saturday - there had been no change in the 24-hour death total.
At present, the fatalities include 856 Staten Islanders with confirmed coronavirus cases.
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 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 13,835 confirmed coronavirus cases in the borough since the pandemic’s outbreak, the data said.
That number represented a rise of eight from the 13,827 cases reported at the same time on Monday.
Throughout the five boroughs, there were 209,893 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Tuesday afternoon.
The tally marked a jump of 331 from Monday’s tally of 209,562.
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Citywide, the death toll had reached 22,343 at 1 p.m. Tuesday, a bump up of 22 from the 22,321 fatalities recorded 24 hours earlier.
The fatalities consist of 17,657 individuals who were confirmed coronavirus cases, along with 4,686 others whose deaths were deemed as “probable” COVID-19 cases.
On the plus side, 3,362 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 2,168 patients, said Jillian O’Hara, a spokeswoman.
Richmond University Medical Center has treated and released 1,194 patients, Alex Lutz, a spokesman, said.
Meanwhile, there was no change in the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients in the borough for the third straight day.
On Tuesday morning, 43 patients were being cared for on Staten Island, the same amount as Monday and Sunday.
By contrast, near the height of the pandemic 11 weeks ago on April 8, 554 Islanders were hospitalized with the coronavirus.
At SIUH, 30 patients were being treated Tuesday morning, the same as Monday, said O’Hara. No coronavirus patients are in the Prince’s Bay facility, she said.
Richmond University Medical Center was caring for 13 coronavirus patients on Tuesday, also the same as Monday, Lutz said.
With respect to testing, the data show 2,905 of every 100,000 Staten Islanders have tested positive 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, 3,295 residents per 100,000 have tested positive. The Bronx has had 47,194 cases.
Queens has the third highest rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in the city, with 2,813 residents per 100,000 testing positive. There have been 64,099 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 – 2,255.
Brooklyn’s 58,233 cases are the second most among the five boroughs.
Manhattan has the lowest infection rate in the city with 1,622 per 100,000 residents testing positive.
There have been 26,417 positive cases in Manhattan, the data said.