92 COVID-19 Positive in Rye; 557 Westchester Resident Deaths – Monday, April 13, 2020
Westchester County is reporting 92 COVID-19 positive cases in Rye as of Monday, April 13, 2020.
During his COVID-19 briefing Monday, Rye guy and county boss George Latimer said “we will act regionally” when dealing with the pandemic. Latimer specifically referenced the regional closing of golf courses this past Saturday and the current discussion on how long the school closings will last. He also reported the COVID-19 testing centers were closed on Monday due to the bad weather sweeping through Westchester.
Just like everyone else, Latimer is looking at the NY State COVID-19 tracker for county and state level statistics on the pandemic. The COVID-19 numbers:
- Fatalities of Westchester residents: 557
- Fatalities in Westchester: 610
- Numbers of persons tested: 59,462
- Tested positive: 19,786
- % Positive results: 33.3%
- Persons tested today: 1,163
- New positives today: 473
