ALBNAY – New York State is loosening some restrictions on gyms and salons located in orange COVID-19 containment zones.
On Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo held his second briefing via Zoom, where he stated that gyms and salons in Orange Zones can operate at a limited capacity of 25%, and testing must continue to be done.
Cuomo says that 74% of the current COVID-19 cases in New York State have been spread from households or small gatherings.
Previously they were not allowed to operate at all.
Below is a list of statewide contact tracing data, showing where new cases are coming from:
- Private Households are driving spread – 74%
- Households/Social Gatherings – 73.84%
- Healthcare Delivery – 7.81%
- Higher Education Student – 2.02%
- Education Employee – 1.50%
- Restaurants & Bars – 1.43%
- Travel/Vacation – 1.06%
- Sports – 1.04%
- Public Sector (Police/Fire/EMS/Military) – 1%
- Transit Public/Private – 0.96%
- Manufacturing – 0.84%
- Religious Activities – 0.69%
- Construction – 0.66%
- Retail – 0.61%
- Professional Services – 0.55%
- Elementary School Student – 0.49%
- High School Student – 0.46%
- Prisons/Correctional – 0.43%
- Middle School Student – 0.19%
- Auto Dealers & Car Rentals – 0.16%
- Hair & Personal Care – 0.14%
- Wholesale Trade – 0.14%
- Building & Dwelling Services – 0.13%
- Real Estate – 0.10%
- Arts & Entertainment 0.08%
- Gyms – 0.06%
- Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry – 0.06%
- Childcare – 0.05%
- Power/Utilities – 0.05%
- Accommodations – 0.02%
- Media Production – 0.02%
Cuomo says he plans to continue to crack down on COVID-19 spikes in specific areas and does not plan a statewide shutdown; unless state hospitalizations go above 90%.
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