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🌱 Sachem Daily: Jets Flag Football League In Sachem + COVID-19

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Good morning, people of Sachem! It's me again, Andrew Tessler, your host of the Sachem Daily.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy and not as cold. High: 40 low: 36.

Here are the top 3 stories in Sachem today:

  1. Hospital capacity in Sachem area: See latest numbers. As the Omicron surge has clearly passed after the holiday season, check out the latest hospital capacity numbers. Nationally, around 128,500 inpatient beds were being used for COVID-19 patients as of Feb. 1, which was a drop of more than 20,000 beds from the prior week, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Stony Brook Hospital has one of the lowest percentages of ICU beds taken on Long Island, right around 72% with 20% being COVID-19 patients.(Sachem Patch)
  2. Jets to expand girls flag football league to LI high schools. The Jets and Nike announced the creation of a brand-new high school girls flag football league on Long Island and in New Jersey in honor of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Eight New Jersey high schools and 16 Long Island high schools will receive an $11,000 grant and equipment from the Jets and Nike for joining the New Jersey High School Girls Flag Football League. Each school will also receive team jerseys from Nike's Girls Flag Football line. Sachem East and Sachem North were selected by the Jets. (Newsday)
  3. Suffolk County Government: Coronavirus case update for January 31. As we seem to be on the other side of the holiday Omicron surge, take a look at the latest COVID-19 numbers. Long Island numbers have decreased dramatically, from positive cases to hospitalizations. You can see all COVID-19 statistics in detail with Suffolk County's daily report. (Press Release Desk)

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Today in Sachem:

  • Juice Box Craft Club: Valentine's Day - Islip Public Library. (5:30 p.m.)
  • Microsoft Word and Excel Basics for Job Seekers, Two-Part Workshop - Islip Public Library. (6:30 p.m.)
  • IAMP Meeting - Islip HS Faculty Room (7:00 p.m.)
  • Ballet Classes For Adults - Ballet Long Island. (7:30 p.m.)
  • Adult Tap Class - Ballet Long Island. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Sachem Library: "February's calendar for Children's Services is out and registrations are underway! You can see the calendar on the library website. (Facebook)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow morning for another update.

— Andrew Tessler

About me: Hi! I'm Andrew and I have been a Huntington resident for 7 years. I have lived in other countries and states, and my number one love is Huntington. I love health and wellness, traveling, stand-up paddle boarding, and of course going to restaurants and events throughout Huntington!

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