A portion of Oneida County was placed in a Yellow Zone, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday during a routine press briefing on the pandemic.
The zone encompasses the Utica and Rome areas, including New Hartford, Whitestown, Marcy and Westmoreland.
“There is a problem there and we have to be honest about it,” Cuomo said.
Here are the yellow zone restrictions:
- Public and private schools must test 20% of a school over two weeks. If those results are lower than the zone’s current seven-day positivity rate, testing at that school is no longer required.
- Businesses can operate.
- Restaurants can offer indoor and outdoor dining, with a four-person maximum per table.
- Worship services are limited to 50% capacity.
- Mass gatherings are limited to 25 people, either indoors or outdoors. The limit was reduced to 10 people in private residences after Cuomo imposed further restrictions statewide, effective Nov. 13.

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