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Friday, May 15, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 20
N E W H Y D E PA R K
LIVING 50+ PAGES 19-22
Parker leads N.Y. in deaths
INCUMBENTS CHALLENGED FOR FOR ED BOARD PAGE 2
COUNTY CORONAVIRUS CASES CONTINUE TO DROP PAGE 6
BUMP IT UP
74 dead at nursing facility from virus BY E M M A J ON ES The Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation on the Queens-Nassau border has the highest number of coronavirus deaths of any of the 362 nursing homes in New York that have reported COVID-19 fatalities. According to the New York State Department of Health, there PHOTO BY KAREN RUBIN have been 74 confirmed coronavirus-related deaths at Parker JewGov. Andrew Cuomo announced that three regions throughout New York will begin phased reopening on Friday. ish, as of Thursday. See story on page 8. While the nursing home is listed under a New Hyde Park address, the state Health Department classifies it as a Queens facility. Other facilities in Nassau County with high numbers of coronavirus fatalities include Excel at Woodbury for Rehabilitation and Nursing, with 21 confirmed get there prob- 100,000 residents. ecutive Laura BY R OB E RT and five presumed coronavirus The two that it still needs to ably by the end Curran. P E L A E Z deaths; Highfield Gardens Care of June,” Curran meet are a 14-day decline in hosCurran said Center of Great Neck, with 21 said when asked pital deaths or fewer than five As three regions in New at a news conconfirmed; Nassau Rehabilitation when the county deaths per day, and new hospiand Nursing Center, with none York prepare to begin a phased ference last Fritalizations of under two patients will reopen. day that she exreopening on Friday, downstate confirmed and 32 presumed; SunThe five metrics that Nassau per 100,000 residents. harbor Manor, with 23 confirmed areas including Long Island may pects Nassau County to begin the The region has made 33 perhave to wait another six weeks, phased reopening next month. met are having a 14-day decline Continued on Page 13 according to Nassau County Ex- As of Tuesday, Long Island had in hospitalizations and conduct- cent of total hospital beds and met five of the seven crite- ing 30 monthly tests per 1,000 intensive care unit beds availria mandated by the state to residents, having a 30 percent able, surpassing the 30 percent begin the phased reopening. capacity of total hospital beds, benchmark required by the state. “Just to give you a rough a 30 percent capacity of inten- State figures indicated that the estimate, our back-of-the- sive care unit beds, and having county is expected to achieve the envelope number, we could at least 30 contact tracers for Continued on Page 28
Curran anticipates June reopening
State figures show region has achieved five of seven required metrics
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