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Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifted two Orange County Micro-Cluster Yellow Zones but left one in place: Newburgh.
Middletown and Highland Falls are no longer in a state-designated precautionary COVID-19 zone. This lifts some restrictions from school districts, houses of worship, mass gatherings and restaurants. You see a drop in both the Orange and the Yellow Zones, Cuomo said with a power-point graphic showing some communities that fell into the two zones cut their positivity rates in half. Turn the valve. These are existing Orange and Yellow Zones, and given the progress they’ve made, the restrictions are lifted in those zones.
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MIDDLETOWN A COVID-19 outbreak at City Hall, Mulberry House Senior Center and Recreation and Parks has closed offices for the week, Mayor Joseph DeStefano said Monday morning.
Four city employees have tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, with about a dozen tests still pending as of Monday afternoon, DeStefano said. Anyone who works for the city was offered a test after the first case was reported Saturday. We don t know how it got in, but it s here, DeStefano said by phone from City Hall. He and three other city employees are answering phones and attending to emergency calls from the municipal building. His COVID-19 test came back negative, he said.