STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Staten Island, as of Monday evening, marked its lowest increase of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases recorded over the prior 24-hour period during the month of April.
As of 6 p.m. Monday, an additional 180 borough residents tested positive for the disease, an uptick of 1.8% from Sunday’s evening’s total of 9,986 cases, according to the most recent data from the city Health Department.
The new cases pushed Staten Island over the 10,000 mark for the first time since the Health Department began tabulating coronavirus data last month.
The borough now has 10,166 confirmed coronavirus cases.
Tragically, 27 more Staten Islanders had succumbed to the disease as of Monday evening.
The virus thus far has claimed the lives of 560 borough residents.
Of those, 470 deaths have been confirmed as due to the virus, an increase of 22 from Sunday’s 6 p.m. total. Five more cases have been added to the “probable” category, raising that tally to 90.
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.
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Overall, the five-borough death total reached 14,427 by Monday evening. The fatalities consist of 9,562 individuals who were confirmed coronavirus cases, along with 4,865 others whose deaths were deemed as “probable” COVID-19 cases.
More than 99% of the 7,064 confirmed coronavirus deaths 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.
Meanwhile, the number of patients treated in Staten Island’s hospitals for the coronavirus and released continues its ascent.
An additional 26 patients had been discharged as of Tuesday morning, raising the total figure to 1,169.
There were 19 new discharges from Staten Island University Hospital’s (SIUH) two campuses, boosting the total there to 906, said Jillian O’Hara, a spokeswoman.
Richmond University Medical Center has treated and released 263 coronavirus cases, adding seven to Monday’s total of 256, Alex Lutz, a spokesman, said.
The number of hospitalized coronavirus patients has varied little over the last two days.
As of Tuesday morning, 393 patients were being cared for, up one from Monday’s morning’s tally of 392, according to information from the borough’s two hospital systems.
At SIUH, 252 patients were receiving treatment Tuesday morning – 214 in the Ocean Breeze campus and 38 in the Prince’s Bay facility, said O’Hara.
The overall number reflected an increase of two from Monday morning’s total.
Richmond University Medical Center was caring for 141 coronavirus patients as of Tuesday morning, a drop of one from Monday morning’s tally of 142, Lutz said. Of those patients, 52 are in the Intensive Care Unit, a slight jump of two from Monday.
Citywide, there were 134,874 coronavirus cases as of 6 p.m. Monday, an increase of 2,407, or 1.8%, from Sunday evening’s tally of 132,467. The boost in cases, percentage-wise, matched Staten Island’s rate over the same period.
Testing shows 2,135 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’s data.
Staten Island’s rate is highest among the five boroughs and accounts for 8% of the city’s total coronavirus cases.
However, officials stress the examinations do not necessarily reflect the full spread of the virus.
The Bronx’s infection rate of 2,105 residents per 100,000 is the second highest in the city. Its 30,142 cases account for 22% of the overall total.
Queens has the third highest rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in the city, with 1,822 residents per 100,000 testing positive. That borough, the second-most populous, has 41,520 cases, the most in the city and comprising 31% of the overall total.
Brooklyn, the most populated borough, has the fourth-lowest rate of infection per 100,000 residents – 1,385.
Brooklyn’s 35,775 cases are the second highest among the five boroughs.
Brooklyn accounts for 27% of the city’s reported coronavirus cases, Health Department statistics show.
Manhattan retains the lowest infection rate among the boroughs with 1,056 per 100,000 residents testing positive.
There have been 17,200 positive cases in Manhattan, comprising 13% of the five-borough tally, the data said.