Suffolk County's Covid-19 case rate per 1,000 inhabitants recorded a sharp rise in figures released on Tuesday. The five East End towns continued to lag the county as a whole in confirmed coronavirus cases per thousand.
East Hampton gained 5 cases between Monday and Tuesday, rising from 19 to 24. Southampton's figure went from 78 to 99.
As of about 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Suffolk towns, with the exception of Shelter Island, all had increases in the case rate from the previous day's report:
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Islip -- 1,242, up from 911 on March 30
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Huntington -- 1,086, up from 868
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Brookhaven -- 907, up from 671
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Babylon -- 884, up from 609
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Smithtown -- 302, up from 230
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Southold -- 142, up from 135
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Southampton -- 99, up from 78
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Riverhead -- 82, up from 69
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East Hampton -- 24, up from 19
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Shelter Island -- 1, no change from
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Township not known -- 1,490
New York State as a whole had a nation-leading 75,000 people who tested positive for coronavirus. There were about 10,000 patients being treated for the illness in the state's hospitals.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo suggested in a Tuesday press conference that he saw a glimmer of good news in the almost 5,000 people who had been hospitalized but had recovered enough to go home.
Mr. Cuomo also announced a new hospital network central coordinating team that will facilitate a more coordinated and strategic approach within the state's health care system and the federal government in combating the Covid-19 pandemic.
He continued to stress the importance of staying home. "The individual responsibility is about discipline. It's about selflessness and being informed. The basic point is stay at home. Stay at home. I know it's hard to stay at home and I know everyone thinks, you know, I can go out, I can be smart, and I won't get infected because it's me. I'm a superhero. It's not going to be me. That is not true," he said.