yellow zone

The Supreme Court just ruled in favor of the restaurants that are involved with the lawsuit against the state that would let them re-open if they fall inside a yellow zone. New York State Supreme Court Justice Henry Nowak heard the case from attorneys that represented the establishments involved. The restaurants claim that the micro […]

This year, all the restaurants in Monroe County must close by 10 pm on new years eve, regardless of whether or not they’re in the orange zone. Unfortunately, New Years Eve is historically one of the busiest nights for bars and restaurants and many are already in dire straits. Blu Wolf Bistro is in the […]

COVID-19 Rates in Monroe County have continued to grow, seeing at least 600 new cases & 6 new deaths on Friday. In response to the upward trend in infection rates New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that there are going to be updates to the metrics on what determines red, orange and yellow zones. While […]

For the first time in 8 days, Monroe County’s COVID-19 yellow zone is below 4% positivity. This is a really good sign, as we were on track to become upgraded to an orange zone by Albany. Monroe County’s current micro-cluster positivity rate is at 3.68 %. This news comes after the 14 day re evaluation […]

Since Monroe County has been updated to a yellow zone, a few school districts have begun testing their students and staff for COVID-19 starting Monday. The regulations state that they have to test 20% of people in each building. Every one of the 603 tests that Webster schools administered on Monday came back negative. In […]

In a virtual briefing to discuss the new COVID-19 Yellow Zone designation, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello and Public Health Commissioner Michael Mendoza said: “It is clear we are experiencing community spread throughout Monroe County. It’s not targeted to one neighborhood or zip code, but it’s related to gatherings of people not in the same […]