ALBANY – The state gave the go-ahead for movie theaters to reopen at 25 percent capacity with up to 50 people maximum per screen.
Because of continued high rates of COVID-19 infection, they remain off limits in the counties of Orange, Rockland and Greene.
On Friday, Orange County’s red-zone focus area had a positive rate of 6.47 percent. Rockland County’s red-zone positive rate was 5.5 percent.
Statewide, the percent of positivity without red-zone focus areas included was 1.02 percent.
The region’s total positive cases and new positives by county are:
COUNTY | TOTAL POSITIVE | NEW POSITIVE |
Columbia | 641 | 6 |
Dutchess | 5,318 | 13 |
Greene | 465 | 1 |
Orange | 13,139 | 41 |
Putnam | 1,731 | 15 |
Rockland | 17,125 | 62 |
Sullivan | 1,674 | 6 |
Ulster | 2,402 | 7 |
Westchester | 39,398 | 110 |