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More than two million COVID-19 tests have now been administered in Westchester, marking a new milestone, County Executive George Latimer said.
There have now been 2,001,761 COVID-19 tests administered in Westchester since the pandemic began nearly a year ago, resulting in a total of 104,400 positive cases.
Latimer said that the county is monitoring 6,019 active COVID-19 cases as of Monday, Feb. 22, down from 6,677 on Friday, Feb. 19, and from more than 11,000 at the end of January. The overall 5.2 percent positive infection rate is down slightly and among the lowest in the Hudson Valley.
There are currently 403 COVID-19 patients being treated in Westchester hospitals, and there were 33 new virus-related deaths reported in the county in the past week, Latimer said. A total of 2,054 people have died from COVID-19 in Westchester since last March.
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