NY lifts indoor dining ban in many COVID-19 hot spots
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that he was erasing the handful of remaining “orange zones” in the state where tougher pandemic restrictions had been in place because of the fast spread of COVID-19.
The Democrat cited a post-holiday dip in the number of infections, after a period in which rates had surged to more than 114,000 new cases in one week.
Eliminating the zones will allow those restaurants to again offer indoor dining, albeit at half capacity.