143 COVID-19 Positive in Rye; 983 Westchester Resident Deaths – Tuesday, April 28, 2020
(PHOTO: Rye guy and Westchester County boss George Latimer during his April 28, 2020 press briefing on COVID-19.)
Westchester County is reporting 143 COVID-19 positive cases in Rye as of Tuesday, April 28, 2020.
During his daily briefing, Rye guy and county boss George Latimer mentioned he delivered a donation of masks from Hanes Brands Inc. to the City of Rye this morning. It’s part of a larger donation from Hanes.
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: 983
- Fatalities at Westchester nursing homes – note reporting is only available for certain individual nursing & care facilities – State is not showing any reporting on Rye facilities (nothing on The Osborn home, Rye Manor or Vienna Senior Housing)
- Fatalities in Westchester: 1,096
- Numbers of persons tested: 89,144
- Tested positive: 28,245
- % Positive results: 31.7%
- Persons tested today: 1,408
- New positives today: 238
