NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Westchester County Executive George Latimer on Monday reported nine new COVID-19 deaths and 90 new cases, adding that the number of active cases in the county has dropped “dramatically.”
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Westchester County has now lost 1,227 residents to COVID-19, Latimer said. A total of 31,384 people have tested positive for the virus.
While Latimer called each new death a “tragedy,” he said Monday’s statistics were “encouraging.”
The county is currently tracking 3,377 active cases — a number that has dropped “dramatically” from the peak of around 11,000 a month ago, he said.
Fewer than 500 people in the county are hospitalized with the virus, he added.