#Staten Island COVID-19 field hospital opens, accepts first patient

#Staten Island COVID-19 field hospital opens, accepts first patient

“#Staten Island COVID-19 field hospital opens, accepts first patient” Staten Island opened its emergency field hospital Tuesday and accepted its first patient amid a troubling surge of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the borough. “We’re up and running,” Staten Island University Hospital’s spokesman Christian Preston told The Post Tuesday afternoon. Located on the grounds…

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#Woman’s body found floating under Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

#Woman’s body found floating under Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

“#Woman’s body found floating under Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge” A woman’s body was found floating in the water Staten Island, according to cops. The woman, who couldn’t be immediately identified, was spotted by a passerby at around 9 a.m. Saturday in the water about 100 yards from shore under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge near New York Avenue and…

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#NYC Covid-19 rates continue to rise

#NYC Covid-19 rates continue to rise

“#NYC Covid-19 rates continue to rise” The coronavirus positivity rate has crossed 2 percent in New York, Gov. Cuomo announced Saturday. Of the 163,291 tests reported Friday, 3,587, or 2.2 percent were positive. The positivity rate in the state’s micro-cluster hot zones, which include parts of Brooklyn and Queens, was 4.2 percent. The number of…

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#City moves to combat new COVID-19 clusters on Staten Island

#City moves to combat new COVID-19 clusters on Staten Island

“#City moves to combat new COVID-19 clusters on Staten Island” The city’s Health Department has spotted two new coronavirus clusters on Staten Island, officials said Thursday as they again warned that cooler weather could lead to another deadly outbreak. However, officials said they did not believe it would be necessary to get Gov. Andrew Cuomo…

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