NEW YORK METRO AREA HITS 2,889 NEW COVID CASES IN A DAY. WESTCHESTER AVERAGES 202 A DAY FIRST 4 DAYS OF WEEK. MID HUDSON COUNTIES CONTINUE MIDWEEK RISE. LONG ISLAND OVER 764 NEW CASES. NYC COUNTS 2,403 NEW CASES | WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER 3,374,995 VISITS IN ONE YEAR---65,000 VISITS A WEEK BY 985,281 VISITORS

WPCNR COVID SURVEILLANCE. Data from NYS HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Observation and Analysis by John F. Bailey. September 23, 2023:

Covid new cases continued strong through the Mid-Hudson region, New York City and Long Island.

The first 4 days of this week through Wednesday, the 20th. Westchester reported with 227 cases Wednesday, and is averaging 202 new cases a day putting the county in position for 1,500 cases for the week, up from last week when the county had 1,131 cases.

New York City reported 1,639 cases for all five boroughs. Brooklyn had 484 new cases, and Queens, 471 to lead all 5 boroughs.

Nassau Suffolk Counties combined for 764 cases.

The Metro area, all seven counties plus the five boroughs of New York City could have 8,667 more covid cases by today.

We won’t know until Monday because of the 3-day lag in the Covid Tracker reports, but it means perhaps a return to up to 10,000 cases a week if this kind of spreading the disease among all 7 counties and the city continues.