Post-holiday COVID-19 uptick in deaths; cases on S.I. persist into 2021
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed the lives of 18 more Staten Islanders since Wednesday, while an average of 467 residents have tested positive each of the past three days, according to data collected by the New York City Department of Health.
Those numbers reflect a notable uptick, compared to the week of Christmas. Health experts across the U.S. had predicted a surge in cases due to holiday gatherings.
DEATHS
City health officials on Wednesday reported a daily total of 10 coronavirus deaths after a total of 23 deaths were reported over the course of six days prior to that.
15 more COVID-19 deaths since mid-week, patient count down at one hospital
Updated Dec 27, 2020;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Since mid-week, another 15 Staten Islanders reportedly died of coronavirus (COVID-19) complications, the latest city Health Department data shows.
In total, health officials say 1,253 confirmed and probable fatalities on Staten Island had been recorded since the start of the pandemic.
All of the deaths reported since Wednesday fall in the “confirmed” category, while the number of “probable” deaths remains at 195, data shows.
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.
Coronavirus outbreak at SIUH South forces psych patients out of unit; cleaning protocols underway
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 23, 2020
Several patients this week were moved out of the psychiatric unit at Staten Island University Hospital, Prince s Bay, after tests showed a coronavirus outbreak that hospital officials say was confined to only that section of the building. (Staten Island Advance)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak within Staten Island University Hospital’s South Campus has forced administrators to temporarily shut down a department, while relocating its psychiatric patients to other facilities within the Northwell Health System.
“Recently, a number of patients tested positive for COVID-19 in our inpatient psychiatric unit at the South Site,” SIUH spokesman Christian Preston confirmed in a statement Wednesday.