Nassau Coronavirus: More Than 10,000 Infected In December

Massapequa NY

15 December, 2020

2:50 PM

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NASSAU COUNTY, NY — As the infection rate of the coronavirus continues to increase around Long Island, Nassau County is seeing another surge in cases, and the daily death count is climbing. There have been more than 10,000 new confirmed cases of the virus in December alone. Since the first confirmed case in Nassau County on March 5, 71,224 residents have contracted the coronavirus and 2,300 people have died, according to county statistics. From Dec. 1 through 13, a staggering 10,052 Nassau residents have tested positive for the virus and 40 have died. The county is recording nearly 1,000 new cases a day as the infection rate goes up. Daily infections are similar to late March, when the first wave of the pandemic was gaining speed. There are now 15 communities in the county that have had more than 1,000 confirmed cases — up two from a week ago. Of those, three communities have recorded more than 2,000 cases and three more are close. Hempstead, the hardest-hit community in Nassau, has more than 3,200 confirmed cases. According to the county, as of Dec. 11, there were 380 people hospitalized by the virus in Nassau, with 53 of them in intensive care and 37 on ventilators. Here are the latest totals for coronavirus cases for communities, as provided by Nassau County: Albertson: 164Atlantic Beach: 92Baldwin: 1,110Baldwin Harbor: 353Barnum Island: 108Baxter Estates: 34Bay Park: 77Bayville: 289Bellerose: 45Bellerose Terrace: 108Bellmore: 645Bethpage: 613Brookville: 116Carle Place: 238Cedarhurst: 447Centre Island: 6Cove Neck: 8East Atlantic Beach: 88East Hills: 209East Massapequa: 775East Meadow: 1,713East Norwich: 96East Rockaway: 395East Williston: 75Elmont: 2,092Farmingdale: 317Floral Park: 556Flower Hill: 181Franklin Square: 1,476Freeport: 2,664Garden City: 710Garden City Park: 350Garden City South: 122Glen Cove: 1,613Glen Head: 231Glenwood Landing: 100Great Neck: 664Great Neck Estates: 122Great Neck Gardens: 41Great Neck Plaza: 348Greenvale: 32Harbor Hills: 35Harbor Isle: 68Hempstead: 3,261Herricks: 192Hewlett: 351Hewlett Bay Park: 11Hewlett Harbor: 90Hewlett Neck: 23Hicksville: 1,939Inwood: 629Island Park: 288Jericho: 498Kensington: 40Kings Point: 411Lake Success: 99Lakeview: 298Lattingtown: 57Laurel Hollow: 58Lawrence: 582Levittown: 2,147Lido Beach: 106Locust Valley: 118Long Beach: 1,447Lynbrook: 771Malverne: 326Malverne Oaks: 20Manhasset: 261Manhasset Hills: 133Manorhaven: 194Massapequa: 893Massapequa Park: 723Mattinecock: 23Merrick: 793Mill Neck: 35Mineola: 822Munsey Park: 66Muttontown: 122New Cassel: 857New Hyde Park: 479North Bellmore: 782North Hills: 200North Lynbrook: 34North Massapequa: 687North Merrick: 454North New Hyde Park: 703North Valley Stream: 929North Wantagh: 459Oceanside: 1,194Old Bethpage: 215Old Brookville: 90Old Westbury: 129Oyster Bay: 296Oyster Bay Cove: 109Plainedge: 386Plainview: 934Plandome: 33Plandome Heights: 39Plandome Manor: 21Point Lookout: 38Port Washington: 463Port Washington North: 66Rockville Centre: 837Roosevelt: 1,034Roslyn: 183Roslyn Estates: 35Roslyn Harbor: 50Roslyn Heights: 265Russell Gardens: 28Saddle Rock: 53Saddle Rock Estates: 26Salisbury: 451Sands Point: 84Sea Cliff: 134Seaford: 586Searingtown: 179South Farmingdale: 553South Floral Park: 68South Hempstead: 143South Valley Stream: 288Stewart Manor: 79Syosset: 481Thomaston: 78Uniondale: 1,987University Gardens: 21Upper Brookville: 65Valley Stream: 1,931Wantagh: 829West Hempstead: 875Westbury: 871Williston Park: 269Woodbury: 389Woodmere: 1,178Woodsburgh: 52