Since the last publishing of numbers here at A Little Beacon Blog, Dutchess County completed its first wave of testing of nursing home residents in two facilities: Wingate in Beacon, and The Pines at Poughkeepsie. County Executive Marcus Molinaro had advocated for more testing kits for the nursing home residents specifically, and PPE for staff.

As of the first declaration of testing of nursing home residents, staff were not included in this roundup. Governor Cuomo mandated last week that staff also be tested twice weekly, however, tests need to be produced and provided in order to carry out that mandate, and labs need to be able to process those tests.

The preliminary results of resident testing were:

104 residents were tested at Wingate at Beacon, with 13 new cases of COVID-19 identified;
157 residents were tested at The Pines at Poughkeepsie with 6 new cases of COVID-19 identified.

According to Dutchess County’s press release, and first reported on by the Poughkeepsie Journal: “The majority of these 19 new cases of COVID-19 were asymptomatic and were only identified because of the County’s testing initiative. The families of these residents were notified immediately, and the COVID-19 positive residents have been moved to secluded and secure areas of each facility to be cared for.“

As for the regional numbers, ALBB has added Poughkeepsie to the roundup. The numbers as of 5/15/2020 (Friday) are as follows:

Sources:
New York State Tracker
Dutchess County Tracker
Orange County Tracker
Putnam County Tracker
Google via Wikipedia: Some of Google’s numbers have stopped changing. A source code of where they were pulling data may have changed.
Testing is limited, which implies that people testing positive for COVID-19 is not total, as many people are not tested.

DUTCHESS COUNTY 5/15/2020

How Many People Tested In Dutchess County:
21,395 (last week 18,964 via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE As Of This Day:
3,527 (last week, 3,359, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested This Day:
627 (last week 471, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE This Day:
29 (last week 47, via New York State Tracker)
Number Of People Hospitalized For COVID-19 As Of This Day:
56 (last week 56, via Dutchess County Tracker)
How Many COVID-19 Related Deaths As Of This Day:
120 (last week 101, via Dutchess County Tracker, but Google still shows 84)

BEACON
Active COVID-19 Cases In Beacon On This Day:
130 (last week 146, via Dutchess County Tracker)

FISHKILL
Active COVID-19 Cases In Fishkill On This Day:
133 (last week 174, via Dutchess County Tracker)
Active COVID-19 Cases In East Fishkill On This Day:
113 (last week 153, via Dutchess County Tracker)

WAPPINGERS
Active COVID-19 Cases In Town of Wappingers On This Day:
104 (last week 136, via Dutchess County Tracker)
Active COVID-19 Cases In Wappingers Falls Village On This Day:
33 (last week 40, via Dutchess County Tracker)

POUGHKEEPSIE
Active COVID-19 Cases In Poughkeepsie On This Day:
196
Active COVID-19 Cases In Poughkeepsie City On This Day:
275

ORANGE COUNTY 5/15/2020

How Many People Tested In Orange County:
38,357 (last week 34,404, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE In Total:
9,878 (last week 9,543, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested On This Day:
715 (last week 535, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE On This Day:
54 (last week 57, via New York State Tracker)
Number Of People Hospitalized For COVID-19 As Of This Day:
106 (last week 99) (via Orange County Tracker)
How Many COVID-19 Related Deaths As Of This Day:
408 (last week 367, via Orange County Tracker)

NEWBURGH
Active COVID-19 Cases In Newburgh On This Day:
681 (last week 645, via Orange County Tracker)
Active COVID-19 Cases In City of Newburgh On This Day:
1,383 (last week 1,314, via Orange County Tracker)

PUTNAM COUNTY 5/15/2020

How Many People Tested In Putnam County:
6,325 (last week 5,570, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE As Of This Day:
1,127 (last week 1,089, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested On This Day:
153 (last week 155, via New York State Tracker)
How Many People Tested POSITIVE On This Day:
6 (last week 9, via New York State Tracker)
How Many Active Cases In Putnam County On This Day:
33
Number Of People Hospitalized For COVID-19 As Of This Day:
10 (last week 13, via Orange County Tracker)
How Many COVID-19 Related Deaths As Of This Day:
56 (last week 55, via Putnam County Tracker)

PHILIPSTOWN
Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Total In Philipstown As Of This Day:
113 (last week 106, via Putnam County Tracker)
Putnam doesn’t seem to publish an “Active Cases” per city/town/village number like Dutchess and Orange do. “Active Cases” can fluctuate up or down. “Confirmed Cases” only go up, as they are cumulative.