STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An additional 83 Staten Islanders tested positive and 11 more people died of coronavirus (COVID-19) from Thursday to Friday, according to the latest city statistics.<\/p>\n
A total of 12,535 Staten Islanders have suffered from confirmed cases of COVID-19 from the start of the pandemic through Friday. Thursdays total was 12,452, according to the most recent numbers released by the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.<\/p>\n
Citywide, there have been a total of 177,481 cases of COVID-19, according to Fridays statistics.<\/p>\n
As the least populated borough, Staten Island makes up seven percent of the COVID-19 cases citywide. Our borough falls far behind Queens at 31 percent, Brooklyn at 27 percent, Bronx at 23 percent and Manhattan at 12 percent, as of Fridays statistics.<\/p>\n
However, Staten Island is second behind the Bronx in the number of positive cases per 100,000 people.<\/p>\n
The number of Staten Islanders who have died from the coronavirus is 852 as of Friday. Staten Islands fatality total was 841 on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The death toll as of Friday evening includes 688 people who had a positive COVID-19 laboratory test and 164 people with death certificates that list COVID-19 or its equivalent as the cause of their demise, although they did not have a positive laboratory test for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n
Citywide, 19,809 people have died of the coronavirus, with the number of confirmed deaths set at 14,482, while probable deaths total 5,313, as of Saturday.<\/p>\n
Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) in West Brighton has had a total of 223 deaths related to COVID-19 as of Saturday, said Alex Lutz, a spokesman for the medical facility in West Brighton.<\/p>\n
Staten Island University Hospital did not provide its total death toll as of Saturday.<\/p>\n
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RUMC has 60 admitted COVID-19 positive individuals, with 34 of those in-patients being treated in the Intensive Care Unit on Saturday. During the pandemic, RUMC has discharged 407 COVID-19 patients, including eight in the past 24 hours, Lutz said.<\/p>\n
Staten Island University Hospital has 128 COVID-19 positive patients at the Ocean Breeze campus and 20 COVID-19 positive patients at the Princes Bay site, said spokeswoman Jillian M. OHara<\/p>\n
A total of 1,669 patients with COVID-19 have been treated and released from Staten Island University Hospital.<\/p>\n
Hospitalizations citywide during the pandemic are 44,256 as of Friday.<\/p>\n
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