4 more suspected COVID deaths on S.I., but hospitalizations at lowest level this year Updated May 14, 2021; Posted May 14, 2021 Staten Island's coronavirus hospitalizations have dropped into the 40s after hitting 302 in January. Composite of Staten Island images from the 2020-21 coronavirus pandemic. (Staten Island Advance/Tom Wrobleski) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Four more borough residents are believed to have succumbed to the coronavirus (COVID-19), even as disease-related hospitalizations here dropped to the lowest level this year. At the same time, more than 60 new confirmed coronavirus cases were added to Staten Island’s total, city Health Department data shows. As of 1 p.m. Friday, 1,809 Staten Islanders are believed to have died from complications related to the coronavirus, according to the most recent data available.