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Covid-19 infection rate below 1% statewide, higher rates reported for Long Island

Posted on September 18, 2020 at 8:02 am by Brett Levine

FILE- In this Sept. 2, 2020 file photo, parents bring their children to participate in an outdoor learning demonstration to display methods schools can use to continue on-site education during the coronavirus pandemic, at P.S. 15 in the Red Hook neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York City's already delayed school year is scheduled to start remotely Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 in a soft opening that will serve as a prologue to the return of students to physical classrooms on the following week. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

On Thursday, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo said that the COVID-19 infection rate for New York State, remained below 1 percent on Wednesday but on Long Island, the infection rate has been over 1 percent. On Long Island the COVID rate was 1.2% on Monday, 1.3% on Tuesday and 1.1% on Wednesday.

Positive coronavirus cases have been reported at some Long Island schools. Several schools on the Island announced positive cases this week, including Longwood, Middle Country and Sachem. For information on positive COVID-19 cases in your school district, you can access the New York State COVID report card, here.

Photo credit: (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)