Nassau Coronavirus: Deaths, Cases Continue To Climb

Massapequa NY

21 December, 2020

11:57 AM

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NASSAU COUNTY, NY — Nassau County Executive Laura Curran on Monday announced the opening of more free coronavirus testing sites around the county as the death toll and new cases continue to climb. The county recorded 65 deaths and 15,160 cases this month as of Dec. 19. There were 503 people hospitalized with the virus as of Monday, according to Curran. Of those, 61 are in intensive care and 38 are on ventilators. "We're at a real pivotal moment right now," Curran said at a news conference Monday morning. "The first round of vaccine was delivered to our health care workers last week. More vaccine is coming today for nursing home residents and staff." The county has already begun inoculating health care workers, according to Nassau County Health Commissioner Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein. The county received 13,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and the recently approved Moderna vaccine is coming to the county this week, Eisenstein said. The doses will be distributed to nursing home staff and residents. "It's hard to know the numbers," Eisenstein said about the total doses the county has received so far. "You always hear how much is the first shipment, but it's a rolling thing. So there could be more coming at any time. We expect more shipments to come in every week of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines." Despite the rollout of the vaccines, Curran urged county residents to continue to practice social distancing, wear masks and wash hands frequently. "We want to make sure people are continuing to use common sense," she said. Curran announced the county will again partner with Family Health Centers to offer free coronavirus tests to residents. Tests are available by appointment at the Family Health Center locations in Westbury, Hempstead, Elmont, Roosevelt and Freeport. Anyone can make an appointment by calling 516-396-7500. There have been a total of 76,332 cases and 2,325 deaths in the county since March 5. Here are the latest totals for coronavirus cases for communities, as provided by Nassau County: Albertson: 186Atlantic Beach: 99Baldwin: 1,209Baldwin Harbor: 384Barnum Island: 116Baxter Estates: 40Bay Park: 78Bayville: 316Bellerose: 48Bellerose Terrace: 113Bellmore: 689Bethpage: 670Brookville: 120Carle Place: 249Cedarhurst: 473Centre Island: 6Cove Neck: 9East Atlantic Beach: 93East Hills: 225East Massapequa: 843East Meadow: 1,868East Norwich: 109East Rockaway: 426East Williston: 83Elmont: 2,187Farmingdale: 346Floral Park: 590Flower Hill: 191Franklin Square: 1,565Freeport: 2,805Garden City: 765Garden City Park: 361Garden City South: 132Glen Cove: 1,701Glen Head: 242Glenwood Landing: 110Great Neck: 704Great Neck Estates: 127Great Neck Gardens: 42Great Neck Plaza: 364Greenvale: 33Harbor Hills: 37Harbor Isle: 81Hempstead: 3,414Herricks: 196Hewlett: 372Hewlett Bay Park: 11Hewlett Harbor: 94Hewlett Neck: 24Hicksville: 2,062Inwood: 663Island Park: 310Jericho: 525Kensington: 41Kings Point: 430Lake Success: 107Lakeview: 324Lattingtown: 64Laurel Hollow: 62Lawrence: 624Levittown: 2,334Lido Beach: 118Locust Valley: 125Long Beach: 1,575Lynbrook: 836Malverne: 347Malverne Oaks: 22Manhasset: 283Manhasset Hills: 145Manorhaven: 207Massapequa: 971Massapequa Park: 778Mattinecock: 25Merrick: 853Mill Neck: 36Mineola: 885Munsey Park: 73Muttontown: 138New Cassel: 883New Hyde Park: 494North Bellmore: 832North Hills: 212North Lynbrook: 38North Massapequa: 744North Merrick: 486North New Hyde Park: 736North Valley Stream: 974North Wantagh: 509Oceanside: 1,308Old Bethpage: 228Old Brookville: 98Old Westbury: 139Oyster Bay: 326Oyster Bay Cove: 112Plainedge: 409Plainview: 1,013Plandome: 37Plandome Heights: 41Plandome Manor: 22Point Lookout: 45Port Washington: 510Port Washington North: 77Rockville Centre: 908Roosevelt: 1,108Roslyn: 192Roslyn Estates: 40Roslyn Harbor: 52Roslyn Heights: 282Russell Gardens: 31Saddle Rock: 55Saddle Rock Estates: 26Salisbury: 483Sands Point: 93Sea Cliff: 153Seaford: 638Searingtown: 191South Farmingdale: 614South Floral Park: 69South Hempstead: 152South Valley Stream: 308Stewart Manor: 82Syosset: 511Thomaston: 84Uniondale: 2,074University Gardens: 21Upper Brookville: 77Valley Stream: 2,060Wantagh: 886West Hempstead: 928Westbury: 911Williston Park: 286Woodbury: 402Woodmere: 1,269Woodsburgh: 55