
New COVID-19 Restrictions Announced For Parts of Erie County
We were expecting an announcement in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic from Governor Andrew Cuomo and that came late Monday, morning.

According to WGRZ, Governor Cuomo announced that parts of Erie County will become a "yellow" micro-cluster zone, which is the lowest designation of zones for micro-clusters. Orange and red are the two higher designations.
Along with Erie County, parts of Monroe and Onondaga counties are also yellow micro-cluster zones. You can see the yellow zones below from Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz.
Yellow micro-cluster zones have these restrictions:
- No gatherings of more than 25 people.
- Houses of worship of 50 percent capacity or less.
- Four people or less for outdoor and indoor dining.
- Schools stay open with mandatory testing on a weekly basis for students, staff, and teachers.
Bars will need to close at midnight, as well.
"Micro-cluster approach works, it's inarguable, do more testing, more targeting, as soon as you see an increase, be more aggressive," said Cuomo.
It's unclear how long the yellow micro-cluster designation will remain in place but likely until the positivity rate is low enough.
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