Nassau Coronavirus: County Working To Inoculate As Virus Spreads

Long Beach NY

12 January, 2021

3:01 PM

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NASSAU COUNTY, NY — Nassau County is working to distribute as much coronavirus vaccine as possible, but efforts are being stymied by a short supply that has been sent to the state by the federal government, officials said. According to Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, the county and its hospitals have inocculated more than 50,000 people to date. The county opened its first vaccine distribution site last week and a second over the weekend, and has already administered 3,302 doses of the coronavirus vaccine. "Our focus remains on containing the virus," Curran said. "We're also working to get as many vaccines into arms as quickly as possible. As quickly as we get them, we're getting them into people's arms. not one dose will be wasted." A point of contention from resident's has been the online vaccine sign-up page the county uses. It gets overwhelmed with applicants and can crash, and the appointment slots for vaccines quickly fill up. Curran said that the county has to use the state's application form for residents to sign up for vaccines, and that she has petitioned the state to improve the site. Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein, the county's health commissioner, explained that there were so few sign-up slots because the county has a limited vaccine allotment. The county gets about 500 doses a day, he said, but that's not guaranteed. So the county only takes appointments one day out after it knows how much vaccine it will get. That way, Eisenstein explained, the county isn't making appointments for future dates when it may not have vaccine to distribute. " I will continue to do everything I can to get our residents protected from this virus as quickly, efficiently and safely as possible," said Curran. But despite the rollout of the vaccine, coronavirus cases in the county continue to climb. Nassau surpassed 100,000 total infections over the weekend, with more than half of those being documented since November. There have so far been nearly 2,500 deaths. December was the worst month on record for the county in terms of new cases. But January is on pace to have even more infections. December ended with 28,298 total documented infections. As of Jan. 11, there have been 16,037 confirmed cases, with 95 deaths this month. Every day so far this month has seen more than 1,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Nassau County. Cases in individual towns reflect the overall trends. There are now 34 communities in the county that have recorded more than 1,000 cases, out of 134 communities the county tracks. Multiple communities have more than 3,000 cases. Hempstead, the hardest-hit community, has recorded 4,259 cases. Here are the latest community totals, according to data from Nassau County: Albertson: 271Atlantic Beach: 137Baldwin: 1,644Baldwin Harbor: 543Barnum Island: 178Baxter Estates: 57Bay Park: 136Bayville: 430Bellerose: 78Bellerose Terrace: 147Bellmore: 1,022Bethpage: 1,047Brookville: 161Carle Place: 348Cedarhurst: 607Centre Island: 8Cove Neck: 13East Atlantic Beach: 141East Hills: 310East Massapequa: 1,274East Meadow: 2,778East Norwich: 169East Rockaway: 704East Williston: 122Elmont: 2,849Farmingdale: 555Floral Park: 895Flower Hill: 257Franklin Square: 2,323Freeport: 3,607Garden City: 1,148Garden City Park: 442Garden City South: 223Glen Cove: 2,262Glen Head: 316Glenwood Landing: 199Great Neck: 918Great Neck Estates: 173Great Neck Gardens: 65Great Neck Plaza: 440Greenvale: 44Harbor Hills: 46Harbor Isle: 112Hempstead: 4,259Herricks: 246Hewlett: 534Hewlett Bay Park: 23Hewlett Harbor: 118Hewlett Neck: 33Hicksville: 3,007Inwood: 897Island Park: 458Jericho: 696Kensington: 50Kings Point: 509Lake Success: 151Lakeview: 414Lattingtown: 91Laurel Hollow: 82Lawrence: 793Levittown: 3,541Lido Beach: 171Locust Valley: 199Long Beach: 2,356Lynbrook: 1,246Malverne: 538Malverne Oaks: 28Manhasset: 466Manhasset Hills: 204Manorhaven: 376Massapequa: 1,532Massapequa Park: 1,199Mattinecock: 31Merrick: 1,230Mill Neck: 50Mineola: 1,283Munsey Park: 110Muttontown: 182New Cassel: 1,080New Hyde Park: 658North Bellmore: 1,281North Hills: 269North Lynbrook: 48North Massapequa: 1,227North Merrick: 768North New Hyde Park: 1,019North Valley Stream: 1,298North Wantagh: 801Oceanside: 2,018Old Bethpage: 309Old Brookville: 128Old Westbury: 188Oyster Bay: 428Oyster Bay Cove: 151Plainedge: 630Plainview: 1,430Plandome: 59Plandome Heights: 69Plandome Manor: 39Point Lookout: 89Port Washington: 746Port Washington North: 130Rockville Centre: 1,430Roosevelt: 1,406Roslyn: 221Roslyn Estates: 66Roslyn Harbor: 73Roslyn Heights: 432Russell Gardens: 37Saddle Rock: 85Saddle Rock Estates: 31Salisbury: 726Sands Point: 149Sea Cliff: 237Seaford: 1,091Searingtown: 246South Farmingdale: 905South Floral Park: 88South Hempstead: 231South Valley Stream: 426Stewart Manor: 124Syosset: 760Thomaston: 113Uniondale: 2,631University Gardens: 26Upper Brookville: 102Valley Stream: 2,845Wantagh: 1,296West Hempstead: 1,398Westbury: 1,174Williston Park: 435Woodbury: 598Woodmere: 1,670Woodsburgh: 72