All nonessential businesses in areas designated “red zones” in parts of Queens and Brooklyn by Gov. Public and private schools were supposed to close, as well, within both the red zones and surrounding “orange zones” designated by the Democratic governor. Exactly where those zones began and ended, though, wasn't easily apparent from maps released by the governor's office or the city. Overall, the coronavirus has been spreading at a slower rate in New York City than in much of the rest of the country. Cases of the virus were also climbing quickly in an area of upstate New York near the Pennsylvania border.

Source: ABC News October 08, 2020 14:38 UTC