GREENBURGH (TOWN) ACTIVE COVID CASES: SETTLING IN THE 70's

 After a dramatic leap into the 80's range last week, Greenburgh COVID active cases have settled back down in the 70's this week.  Village numbers are jumping around, but TOV cases are slowly dropping.  

GREENBURGH (TOWN) ACTIVE COVID CASES: HIGHEST RATES SINICE MID-MAY

 

COVID active cases in unincorporated Greenburgh continue to rise and have reached the highest number since May 18, shortly after the County started regular reports of active cases.   The villages, on the other hand, have remained stable at 37 the week since reaching a recent peak of 45 on October 13.  The townwide total of 85 is the highest since May 22.  

GREENBURGH (TOWN) ACTIVE COVID CASES MAY 5- OCT. 16: Back to the 60s

 After my ill-timed observation last week that Greenburgh COVID cases had remained consistent since late June, active cases took an upward jump this past week.  With 28 active cases, TOV is at its highest point since August 17 (when, after reaching 32 cases on August 13, TOV experienced a brief mini-wave).   The villages numbers pushed up into the 40s for the first time since June 23, which shows a slow steady increase in falling to a nadir of 5 active cases in the villages on August 20.   Still, as the chart shows, in broader context we're definitely not in second wave territory. 

GREENBURGH (TOWN) ACTIVE COVID CASES MAY 5- OCTOBER 9

Small dips and bumps, but consistent since mid-June.  As this rate of infection has persisted for almost four months, are we prepared to live with this rate indefinitely? At what point do  policy makers (county, town, villages, schools) determine what infection rate constitutes an acceptable level of risk?  The county won't give us townwide fatality numbers (and the Town of Greenburgh seems remarkably incurious or secretive) so we don't know about Greenburgh death numbers.  County-wide, there have been 5 COVID deaths in October after 4 in all of September (Source: https://usafacts.org/visualizations/coronavirus-covid-19-spread-map/state/new-york/county/westchester-county?fbclid=IwAR28mFjtlDfOxGM1Aas-oa4IIfetiUl92gsjq-0I2hB5DYfApihkpG9R_AY)