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COVID-19: CDC Recommends NYers Wear Masks Indoors In These Counties COVID-19: CDC Recommends NYers Wear Masks Indoors In These Counties
Covid-19: CDC Recommends NYers Wear Masks Indoors In These Counties With the surge of new COVID-19 cases in New York in recent weeks, nearly two dozen counties statewide have been advised to start masking back up to help curtail the spread of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance on mask-wearing to concentrate on COVID hospitalizations, hospital capacity, and newly reported infections, permitting most of the state to drop the mandate. However, after New York saw the number of new COVID-19 cases rise nearly 40 percent in the past week, the CDC has advised certain areas of the state to re-enact mask mandates.…

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COVID-19: Here's Long Island Positive Testing Rate; Latest Totals By County COVID-19: Here's Long Island Positive Testing Rate; Latest Totals By County
Covid-19: Here's Long Island Positive Testing Rate; Latest Totals By County Long Island saw another slight downturn in the positivity rate for COVID-19 testing, according to newly released data on Monday, Sept. 14. Of a total of 63,358 test results reported on Sunday, Sept. 13 to New York State, 583, or 0.92 percent, were positive.  Here are positivity testing rates for the last five days on Long Island: Wednesday, Sept. 9: 1.0 percent Thursday, Sept. 10: 1.3 percent Friday, Sept. 11: 1.4 percent Saturday, Sept. 12: 1.2 percent Sunday, Sept. 13: 0.9 percent In Nassau County, 52 new cases were confirmed on Sunday (down 26 from a day earlier) with an…

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by Joe Lombardi