STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed the life of one more borough resident during the past 24 hours, while 13 new cases of the disease were reported here, city Health Department data show.
As of 1 p.m. Monday, 1,034 borough residents are believed to have succumbed to the virus, according to the most recent figures published.
That total was 1,033 on Sunday and 1,031 on both Saturday and Friday.
The fatalities include 856 Staten Islanders with confirmed coronavirus cases, up one from Sunday afternoon.
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 Monday afternoon, there have been 13,827 confirmed coronavirus cases in the borough since the pandemic’s outbreak, the data said.
That tally had been 13,814 cases at the same time on Sunday.
The 13 new cases represented a less steep 24-hour increase compared to earlier in the weekend.
There had been 31 new cases between Saturday and Sunday, and 15 new cases between Friday and Saturday.
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Citywide, there were 209,562 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Monday afternoon.
The number represented a jump of 249 from Sunday’s tally of 209,313.
Across the five boroughs, the death toll had reached 22,321 on Monday afternoon, a bump up of 43 from the 22,278 fatalities recorded 24 hours earlier.
The fatalities consist of 17,636 individuals who were confirmed coronavirus cases, along with 4,685 others whose deaths were deemed as “probable” COVID-19 cases.
On a positive note, 3,354 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 2,162 patients, said Jillian O’Hara, a spokeswoman.
Richmond University Medical Center has treated and released 1,192 patients, Alex Lutz, a spokesman, said.
Meanwhile, the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients in the borough stayed the same over the past 24 hours.
On Monday morning, 43 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, 30 patients were being treated Monday morning, down one from Sunday, 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 Monday, up one from Sunday, Lutz said.
With respect to testing, the data show 2,904 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 has topped the city for many weeks.
In that borough, 3,291 residents per 100,000 have tested positive. The Bronx has had 47,132 cases.
Queens has the third highest rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in the city, with 2,808 residents per 100,000 testing positive. There have been 63,992 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 – 2,251.
Brooklyn’s 58,144 cases are the second most among the five boroughs.
Manhattan has the lowest infection rate in the city with 1,618 per 100,000 residents testing positive.
There have been 26,352 positive cases in Manhattan, the data said.