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COVID-19: New York's Winter Plan To Combat Virus Unveiled COVID-19: New York's Winter Plan To Combat Virus Unveiled
Covid-19: New York's Winter Plan To Combat Virus Unveiled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out the state’s plan to combat the spread of COVID-19 during the apparent second wave of the virus surging across the country. During his latest COVID-19 briefing, Cuomo said that with the holidays here, New York needs to pivot its strategy in battling the virus over the winter. "While the holiday season often brings joy to many, the increase in social activity and mobility will also bring an increase of viral transmission. We understand the cause and effect, and the effect is dramatic," Cuomo said. The plan includes five different strategies the state…

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COVID-19: Orange County 'Red Zone' Will Shift To Orange; Rockland Statuses Remain Same COVID-19: Orange County 'Red Zone' Will Shift To Orange; Rockland Statuses Remain Same
Covid-19: Orange County 'Red Zone' Will Shift To Orange; Rockland Statuses Remain Same Restrictions are being eased up in some of the Orange County COVID-19 micro-clusters, though there was no relief for those in the Rockland County hotspots. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the “Red Zone” micro-cluster area in Orange County has met the metrics to be downgraded to “Orange Warning Zone” after seeing the positivity rate drop from 12 percent to 2 percent in three weeks. Cuomo noted that the new daily hospital admissions have flattened after hospitalizations saw a small spike in recent weeks. “In terms of adjustments of the micro-clusters, Orange County has made very go…

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COVID-19: Cuomo Unveils New Strategy To Defeat Virus Amid Nationwide Spike In Cases COVID-19: Cuomo Unveils New Strategy To Defeat Virus Amid Nationwide Spike In Cases
Covid-19: Cuomo Unveils New Strategy To Defeat Virus Amid Nationwide Spike In Cases New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the federal government has waved the white flag amid the COVID-19 pandemic as the state unveils a new method of combating the virus. With fall bringing a rise in COVID-19 cases across the country, Cuomo said that New York will be deploying a new strategy targeting viral “micro-clusters” that have cropped up across the state, including Queens, Brooklyn, Orange, and Rockland counties. “You can control (the virus) when you see it spreading, when you see small spreads … you have to stop them from becoming larger spreads, that’s what we call the micro-cluster…

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COVID-19: No Change In Status For Hudson Valley Hotspots, Cuomo Says COVID-19: No Change In Status For Hudson Valley Hotspots, Cuomo Says
Covid-19: No Change In Status For Hudson Valley Hotspots, Cuomo Says Despite protestations from some Hudson Valley communities, there will be no change in the status of the COVID-19 micro-clusters in Rockland and Orange County, though infection rates are trending in the right direction. In the Rockland County micro-cluster, the red zone has seen an infection rate drop from 11.6 percent to 4.8 percent, and from 9.1 to 6 percent in the yellow zone in the past 10 days. Orange County recently saw a spike in COVID-19 infection rates, with some areas reaching a 34.2 percent positive infection rate, and Rockland peaking at 13.1 percent in the last week of September…

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by Zak Failla