Here’s the latest on the coronavirus outbreak in the region:
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will help develop a first-ever coronavirus testing and tracing program for New York, Connecticut and New Jersey.
There was an uptick in the number of new cases reported for Tuesday in New York State, Long Island and Westchester County. New York has 5,530 new cases. Long Island added 1,200 more. Westchester, 620 more. Deaths are below 500 statewide for the third day in a row.
Connecticut had an increase in new positive cases — with 2,109 additional cases and 121 more deaths. Fatalities have increased sharply in Fairfield and New Haven Counties, but new cases are down.
Two more COVID-19 testing sites have opened in hard-hit, minority communities in New Haven — and a third is on the way. Testing at the Fair Haven Community Health Center and the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center is free with results expected in two days. Call ahead for testing.
Hospital systems across Long Island and Connecticut have lost billions of dollars from the cancellation of profitable elective surgeries due to the coronavirus priorities.
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