11 More COVID Cases In Westchester Co New York

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11 new cases have been confirmed in Westchester County, bringing the state's total to 24 cases, city and county leaders separately confirmed Thursday.

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2 New NYC Cases Mark Fresh Community Spread; More Westchester Cases Bring State Total to 24

24 people in New York have COVID-19, with at least two of them being treated in intensive care

By Jennifer Millman • Published 5 hours ago • Updated 4 mins ago

 

• It remains to be seen how wide COVID-19 will spread in the tri-state area after 24 people in New York were confirmed to have the virus
• Two new NYC cases were confirmed Thursday, both patients in intensive care; cases have no known connection to travel or other local COVID-19 cases, marking fresh instance of community spread
• A New Jersey man in his 30s is a presumptive positive, sources say; he allegedly got it from one of the patients in New York

Two more people in New York City have tested positive for coronavirus and are hospitalized in an intensive care unit and 11 new cases have been confirmed in Westchester County, bringing the state's total to 24 cases, city and county leaders separately confirmed Thursday.

Neither New York City case -- a man in his 40s and a woman in her 80s -- has a known connection to travel or any previously diagnosed local COVID-19 patients, marking what appears to be fresh community spread in the five boroughs, Mayor de Blasio said. City disease detectives are tracing close contacts of both new patients and will ensure they are isolated and tested.

We are going to see more cases like this as community transmission becomes more common. We want New Yorkers to be prepared and vigilant, not alarmed.

NEW YORK CITY MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO

Shortly after that news, the Westchester County Executive's Office confirmed it had a total of 21 cases, meaning 11 new positives had been reported in roughly the last 24 hours.

The developments come amid an apparent surge of positive cases due to increased in-state and in-city testing -- and while officials continue to tell people not to panic and that 80 percent of people who get it self-resolve, many are concerned about protecting themselves and their families.

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That concern is only growing as more cases pop-up where "superspreaders" apparently passed the disease to others. The Westchester attorney who had an underlying respiratory illness, and was hospitalized in the state's first case of person-to-person spread, apparently passed it on to his neighbor and family, who passed it on to a friend's family -- and, possibly, others.

In New Jersey, a 32-year-old man tested positive for novel coronavirus but officials are awaiting a confirmed positive from the CDC, the mayor of Fort Lee said in an update statement Thursday.

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Sources tell NBC New York that the Bergen County man had contact with one of the New York patients; the man was said to be resting comfortably at a hospital and doing well as of Thursday morning.

The New Jersey State Department of Health has established a 24-hour coronavirus hotline to answer questions: 800-222-1222. New York has a similar hotline set up: 888-364-3065.

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Coronavirus News: 11 new COVID-19 cases in Westchester, 2 in NYC, officials say

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- There are 11 new cases of novel coronavirus reported in Westchester County and two new ones in New York City, officials said on Thursday.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, announced the city's newest cases on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," and said that the individuals are a woman in her 80s and man in his 40s.

The two new positive test results for COVID-19 came a day after health officials in the state announced a cluster of cases connected with a lawyer hospitalized with the disease.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that the disease appeared to have been passed from the lawyer to his family and other people close to them in New Rochelle, a suburb north of New York City.

In addition to the 50-year-old lawyer, who is hospitalized in New York City, tests have come back positive for his wife, two children and a neighbor, as well as one of his friends and members of that man's family.

"There are going to be hundreds in Westchester," Cuomo said of his expectation going forward. "The number of people who will be infected will continue to increase. It is going to be dozens and dozens and dozens."

That proved to be the case as 11 more cases were added to the list in Westchester just before noon on Thursday.

The Westchester County cases are suspected to be from "community spread."

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Officials say the New Rochelle lawyer had an underlying respiratory illness when he became infected with COVID-19.

He is hospitalized in critical but stable condition at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in Washington Heights, the New York City Health Department said.

 

Initial review of his travel does not suggest any direct connection to China or any country on the watch list. He did travel to Miami and Israel during the past few months, but not during the two week incubation period.

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He returned to Westchester some time ago and started showing serious symptoms last week. Officials say he had respiratory issues for the last month, became they more pronounced in the last couple of days.

The wife, children, and neighbor are all isolated in their homes. The 14-year-old girl is a student at SAR Academy in Riverdale.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the wife and daughter are asymptomatic.

The son did show symptoms but is getting better. A close friend and roommate of his have been tested out of precaution. Those results are pending.

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Seven employees and one intern at the law firm where the man and his wife work are also being tested.

Yeshiva University announced the son tested positive on Wednesday.

Westchester Day School in Mamaroneck, Westchester Torah Academy in White Plains, and alanter Akiba Riverdale (SAR) Academy and SAR High School in Riverdale, Bronx are all closed. The schools are associated with the Westchester County cases.

 

Temple Young Israel in New Rochelle, where the patients are congregants, has been ordered to suspend services for the foreseeable future. Some congregants have been ordered to self-quarantine due to possible exposure.

Prior to Thursday, a 39-year-old health care worker who had traveled to Iran, where there is a significant COVID-19 outbreak, was New York state's only confirmed case with no connection to the lawyer.

A spokesman for New York City's health department said more details on the new cases would be released later Thursday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

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New Yorkers can call the State hotline at 1-888-364-3065, where experts from the Department of Health can answer questions regarding the novel coronavirus.

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John Hopkins' coronavirus tracking dashboard

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