Entering Phase One of Re-Opening – 201 COVID-19 Positives in Rye; 1,345 Westchester Resident Deaths – Tuesday, May 26, 2020
(PHOTO: Rye guy and Westchester County boss George Latimer during his May 26, 2020 press briefing on COVID-19, broadcast from the Michaelian Office Building in White Plains.)
For Friday, Westchester reported the following City of Rye numbers:
201 total COVID-19 cases since inception;
14 active COVID-19 cases (this assumes the remaining 187 have run the average two week contagion cycle and are no longer active);
1 new COVID-19 case
Rye guy and Westchester County boss George Latimer delivered his COVID-19 update from the Michaelian Office Building in White Plains. Latimer was joined by Director of Economic Development Bridget Gibbons. The two discussed the “Phase One” re-opening which starts today (Tuesday).
In regards to entering “Phase One” Latimer said “It’s probably as Churchill said the end of the beginning” (versus the beginning of the end). The State COVID pages detail businesses eligible to re-open and related procedures that must be followed. Retail is limited to pick-up only (curb-side or at the entrance of the store) and certain types of storefronts such as hair and nail salons are still not eligible to open.
Just like everyone else, Latimer is looking at the NY State COVID-19 tracker for county and state level statistics on the pandemic and at the NY State regional monitoring dashboard to see our progress towards continued reopening.
Important to note expanded reporting now shows fatality data from all nursing homes in the State, including The Osborn in Rye.
The COVID-19 numbers:
Fatalities of Westchester residents: 1,345
Fatalities at Westchester nursing homes – The Osborn Home in Rye is reporting five (5) confirmed COVID-19 deaths and five (5) presumed COVID-19 deaths thru May 25th (that’s no new confirmed deaths since the prior update). There is no data from Rye Manor or Vienna Senior Housing.)
Fatalities in Westchester: 1,469
Numbers of persons tested: 143,178
Tested positive: 33,107
% Positive results: 23.1%
Persons tested today: 1,695
New positives today: 58
