2,905,611 VISITORS VISIT 8,324,077 TIMES 3 TIMES EVERY DAY IN ONE YEAR. HIGHEST ACTIVITY IN WPCNR HISTORY.White PlainsCitizeNetReporter lifted its worldwide visits from unique visitors to wpcnr.com to 8,324,077,a 1,306,419 increase in visits in one year from 7,017,658 visits to the site last year which covers White Plains and Westchester County. The 8,324,077 visits were made by 2,005,611 unique visitors who visited wpcnr an average of 3 visits a day. ON JULY 20- -2026 visitors have accessed wpcnr and made 3,072 visits an average of 1.6 visits. In the last week 33,495 individual vistors made 54,458 visits, averaging 1.6 visits. In the last month, 152,940 visitors recorded 229,338 visits (1.5 visits)
WPCNR WESTCHESTER CORONAVIRUS SURVEILLANCE REPORT. From the Workbook NY Covid-19 Tracker. December 8, 2020:
The Coronavirus continues to spread in Westchester County at
an average of 729 New Persons testing positive per day.
Today at 2 PM, the New York State Covid-19 Tracker reported 6.6% of 9,280 persons. 610 persons tested positive for corona virus in tests conducted Monday. This shot the daily infection Rate to an average of 729 persons a day coming down with coronavirus in the 7 days Monday through Friday, November 30 through December 7.
The COVID-19 infection rate continues to increase, with 7,925 active cases in Westchester County right now. This is more than 5 times the number of cases than was reported just 1 month ago. Also within the past month, the County has seen the COVID hospitalization rate increase fourfold.
The cumulative number of people who have tested positive in White Plains since testing began is 2,888. The County estimates there are currently 437 active cases in White Plains, 47 more than Friday, the last time we were provided with numbers.
(Editor’s Note: the 47 person increase in hospitalizations is a 12% increase in a week.)
NY State, Westchester County and the City of White Plains have all clearly entered the “second wave” that was predicted. We are continuing to see a steady increase in COVID cases. However, we have all learned a great deal since March. In March we had no idea how long the pandemic would last or certainty regarding whether a vaccine could be produced. Vaccines have been produced. The pandemic will end. We need to carry on the adaptive habits we have come to know. As has been repeatedly shown, wearing a mask is a vital component of our strategy to temper the spread of the virus. It has become second nature to most of us and we must continue the pattern we have established. We have all heard it many times. Wash your hands, wear your mask!
In today’s press conference Governor Cuomo indicated that it is estimated that 70% of new cases are the result of so called “small gatherings”, illness contracted from a friend or relative, someone you know well. It is only natural to relax when with people we feel close to, people we have known for a long time. Unfortunately our close relationship does not protect us. Keep your guard up for a few more months! Wash your hands! Wear your mask!
La tasa de infección por COVID-19 continúa aumentando, con 7.925 casos activos en el condado de Westchester en este momento. Esto es más de 5 veces el número de casos que tuvimos hace solo 1 mes. También durante el último mes, el condado ha visto cómo la tasa de hospitalización por COVID se ha multiplicado por cuatro.
El número total de personas que han dado positivo en White Plains desde que comenzaron las pruebas es de 2.888. El condado estima que actualmente hay 437 casos activos en White Plains, 47 más que el viernes, la última vez que recibimos los números
El estado de Nueva York, el condado de Westchester y la ciudad de White Plains han entrado claramente en la “segunda ola” que se había predicho. Seguimos viendo un aumento constante de casos de COVID. Sin embargo, todos hemos aprendido mucho desde marzo. En marzo no teníamos idea de cuánto duraría la pandemia ni teníamos certeza sobre si se podría desarrollar una vacuna. Ahora hay vacunas y la pandemia terminará. Necesitamos seguir los protocolos de prevención. Como se ha demostrado en repetidas ocasiones, el uso de una mascarilla es un componente vital de nuestra estrategia para disminuir la propagación del virus. Ya se nos ha hecho un hábito seguir estos protocolos. Todos lo hemos escuchado muchas veces. ¡Lávate las manos y usa tu mascarilla!
En la conferencia de prensa de hoy, el gobernador Cuomo indicó que se estima que el 70% de los casos nuevos son el resultado de pequeñas reuniones sociales, contagio por medio de un amigo o familiar, o alguien cercano. Es natural relajarse cuando estamos con personas con las que nos sentimos cercanos, personas que conocemos desde hace mucho tiempo. Lamentablemente, nuestra estrecha relación con ellos no nos protege. ¡Mantén la guardia alta por unos meses más! ¡Lávese las manos! ¡Usa tu mascarilla!
Nuestra próxima llamada está programada para el lunes 14 de diciembre. Hasta entonces y recuerde, estamos más juntos al mantenernos más separados.
WPCNR GOVERNOR’S EVENING CORONAVIRUS REPORT. DECEMBER 7, 2020:
I was honored to have Dr. Anthony Fauci join us at today’s COVID briefing. I asked Dr. Fauci when we might see a peak in the expected COVID spread. He thinks that the effect of Thanksgiving will likely become clearer in the coming days and that with Christmas and Hanukkah coming up, we could see a “surge upon a surge.”
“Without substantial mitigation, the middle of January can be a very dark time for us,” he warned. In order to manage hospital capacity during this expected surge, New York State will begin implementing our “surge and flex” protocol.
As part of this strategy, all hospitals must begin expanding their bed capacity by 25 percent. Hospital systems must also balance patient loads within their system to make sure no one hospital is overstressed. (In Spring, there was an issue with individual hospital overload, but not system-wide overload.)
As we approach the height of the holiday season, we are prepared. Make sure you are too. Please continue to follow our health guidelines and act with caution.
Photo of the Day: Today, Dr. Anthony Fauci joined my press briefing to hear New York’s plan for COVID. Here’s what else you need to know tonight:
1. Total COVID hospitalizations rose to 4,602. Of the 152,287 tests reported yesterday, 7,302, or 4.79 percent, were positive. There were 872 patients in ICU yesterday, up 22 from the previous day. Of them, 477 are intubated. Sadly, we lost 80 New Yorkers to the virus.
2. We are calling on all retired doctors and nurses to return to service if they are able to do so. Hospitals were previously asked to identify retired staff as part of New York’s COVID Winter Plan in order to help avoid or mitigate any potential staffing shortage. The State will automatically renew registrations at no cost to help streamline the process.
3. Regions that reach “critical hospital capacity” will be designated as a Red Zone under New York’s micro-cluster strategy. Critical hospital capacity is defined as 90 percent of hospital capacity (in other words, 90 percent full). Following the implementation of the State’s “surge and flex” protocol, if a region’s 7-day average hospitalization growth rate shows that the region will reach 90 percent hospital capacity within the next three weeks, the region will become a Red Zone.
4. Additional restrictions will be applied to indoor dining if hospitalization rates don’t stabilize in the next five days. If the hospitalization rate does not stabilize in New York City in the next five days, indoor dining will be suspended; if the rate does not stabilize in regions outside New York City, capacity restrictions will be reduced to 25 percent.
5. The Finger Lakes region currently has the highest percentage of hospitalizations. The Finger Lakes, where Rochester is located, is followed by Western New York and Central New York.
In a reversal from Spring, we now have lower rates of hospitalizations as a percentage of population downstate than we do upstate.
Tonight’s “Deep Breath Moment”: Syracuse-native and Seattle Storm basketball player Breanna Stewart has been named one of Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year. Stewart is being recognized by the magazine for her work as an “Activist Athlete” alongside Naomi Osaka, Patrick Mahomes, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and LeBron James. “[Our Sportsperson of the Year award goes to five men and women who in 2020 were champions in every sense of the word: champions on the field, champions for others off it,” the publication wrote. Congrats to New York’s own Breanna Stewart!
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WPCNR WESTCHESTER CORONAVIRUS REPORT.From the WorkBook NYS Covid-19 Tracker December 7, 2020:
The New York State tracker as of 2 PM Monday reported 727 new persons were tested positive for Covid during testing on Saturday and 516 were found to test positive Sunday, the 6th.
This brought the total new Westchester Positive Cases to 6,746 since November 26, the day before Thanksgiving. From November 25 through December 2, 3,977 persons were tested positive.
From December 3 through Sunday, December 6, 2,769 persons tested positive, (692 new Covid cases a day) totaling 6,746 new positive cases.
During those 4 days December 3 through the sixth the number of positive covid persons the infection rate averaged 6.3% testing positive a day.
