Coronavirus: Rockland County Maps Cases; Deaths Double

Lanning Taliaferro
Updated ·2 min read

ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — County Executive Ed Day Monday afternoon released information about where cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed in Rockland. The county is nearing the point where its two hospitals will be overwhelmed, he said at a news briefing.

As of Monday afternoon, the county had confirmed 1,789 coronavirus cases and 18 deaths, said Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Ruppert. The first case was March 8.

"We have seen an exponential growth," Ruppert said.

According to New York state officials, Rockland had 2,511 confirmed cases as of Monday afternoon.

Numbers released by the county represent cases of COVID-19 that have been confirmed by laboratory testing and reported to the Rockland County Department of Health. The numbers shown on the county's map reflect cases with local address information verified by the health and planning departments.

See the interactive map here.

This is a town-by-town breakdown of confirmed coronavirus cases:

  • 902 - Town of Ramapo

  • 268 - Town of Clarkstown

  • 134 - Town of Orangetown

  • 90 - Town of Haverstraw

  • 27 - Town of Stony Point

The Monsey and Spring Valley zip codes are by far the areas with the most cases at 400 each.

It is important that everyone stay home, healthy or sick, officials said. Any public place in Rockland is a potential site for COVID-19 exposure, Ruppert said. "Lives hang in the balance every time you step out of your home."

Day commented on the remarks made by Dr. Deborah Birx Sunday at the White House during a briefing. She is the response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

"Some of the fastest growing counties are not NY itself, NYC. When you look at per 100,000, it’s Rockland and Bergen," she said, referring to Rockland and the county in northern New Jersey.

"The rate of identification is not the rate of infection," Day pointed out. But, he said, when you are mentioned at a White House crisis briefing, it can't be dismissed.

"Gov. Cuomo has shown effective leadership through this situation and and we now need his help," Day said. "The situation we face here is one of urgency. Rockland was originally included in the governor's plan for a temporary hospital. We are nearing a point where local capacity will soon be overwhelmed."

This article originally appeared on the New City Patch