www.msn.com/en-us/ne ws/us/n-y-virus-deat hs-hit-new-high-but- hospitalization A crew member aboard the Navy hospital ship Comfort tested positive for the coronavirus, and several others have gone into isolation, the Navy said on Tuesday, the latest setback in the ship's troubled mission to New York to assist in the pandemic response.
... Three weeks ago, Suffolk County, which has more than a million residents, had not reported a single virus-related fatality, Mr. Bellone said. "Yesterday that number soared well past 200," he said.
Suffolk County now has a higher rate of infection than New York City, with nearly 1,000 confirmed cases per 100,000 residents. The city has 815 confirmed cases per 100,000 residents.
"I'm having conversations I never imagined having in this position," he said, including with the governor about the capacity of its morgue and the number of body bags the county will need.
