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)

GREENBURGH (TOWN) ACTIVE COVID CASES MAY 5 - SEPT. 25: BACK TO THE '50s

 

GREENBURGH (TOWN) ACTIVE COVID CASES MAY 5 - SEPT 18: A SLIGHT UPWARD CREEP

As of Sept 18, with 52 cases townwide, we're seeing the highest active COVID cases numbers since July 17th.  Most of the increase comes from the incorporated villages which have moved up from a low of 5 cases on Aug 20th to 28 currently.  Still the numbers haven't reached the level of the mini-secondary wave back in mid-June when townwide numbers reached 68 (June 11th and 12th) after having tumbled down to 44 (June 4) following the county's clearing out its active case data backlog in mid-May.  

Despite this increase, which parallels a county-wide trend, Westchester County has reported only two COVID deaths in September after seven in August.  https://usafacts.org/visualizations/coronavirus-covid-19-spread-map/state/new-york/county/westchester-county?fbclid=IwAR2-QZ_ngFzU2zhFQfTRgvul1mdK65YlRAv5UOy9DEUr83I2wRcPMLRAGcA

GREENBURGH (TOWN) ACTIVE COVID CASES MAY 5 - SEPTEMBER 10

 

After townwide nadir of 25 active cases on August 5, there has been a slight upturn back to 40 (Sept. 8) and the town total has hovered in the high 30s since.    TOVs low point was 11 cases on June 24, and has wandered between 32 cases (August 13) down to 15 (Aug. 25-27)  until reaching the low 20s again this week.  Much of the Villages increase (from a low of 5 cases on August 20 up to 18 currently) is driven by a cluster of 10 recent cases in Tarrytown and a few more in the other Rivertowns. 

Still no death numbers from the County for Greenburgh.