Cases of the coronavirus increased by 337 in Westchester County on Thursday as five municipalities receive a yellow zone designation due to mounting COVID-19 infection rates.
There have now been a total number of 45,672 positive cases recorded in Westchester since the start of the pandemic, according to the state tracker. With the additional positive cases, the county has 4,130 active coronavirus cases.
One more death was reported on Thursday, according to the state tracker, resulting in a total of 1,494 COVID-19-related deaths since March. The county’s positivity rate is currently 3.45 percent, a decrease from 4.91 percent that was reported on Wednesday, according to state data.
Portions of Ossining, Peekskill, Tarrytown, Yonkers and New Rochelle received the designation on Thursday, requiring specific zip codes to follow new restrictions and state mandates to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
As a result, there will be increased community testing, tracing support, enforcement, education, and compliance efforts.
Targeted areas include zip codes 10562, which contains most of the Village of Ossining and a small corner of the Town of Ossining; 10566 in Peekskill; 10591, which spans Tarrytown and portions of Sleepy Hollow; 10801 in New Rochelle; and areas 10703 and 10705 in Yonkers.
Port Chester remans in an orange warning zone.
“The yellow zones highlight where there is a concentration of infection and therefore we are now tasked with putting additional effort to try to reduce the infection into that area so we will not see it expand further and potentially cause life-threatening realities of Covid,” County Executive George Latimer
New restrictions will limit mass gatherings both indoor and outdoor to 25 people, with restaurants scaling persons per table for both indoor and outdoor dining to four people. Houses of worship will now be restricted to 50 percent capacity and schools can remain open with mandatory weekly testing of 20 percent of students, teachers, and staff for in-person settings.
George Latimer said the county will work with school districts to provide the testing it needs.
Violators who incite mass gatherings will be fined up to $15,000, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Orders.
Westchester Active Coronavirus Cases by Municipality
Here are the active cases by municipality in Westchester as of Wednesday. With a lag between the total number of cases confirmed by the state and the tally of cases by town, the total number of municipal cases might be slightly different than what the county’s active cases reflects.Ardsley – 8
Bedford – 65
Briarcliff Manor – 20
Bronxville – 16
Buchanan – 10
Cortlandt – 85
Croton-on-Hudson – 20
Dobbs Ferry – 42
Eastchester – 66
Elmsford – 21
Greenburgh – 110
Harrison – 105
Hastings-on-Hudson – 19
Irvington – 13
Larchmont – 16
Lewisboro – 33
Mamaroneck Town – 28
Mamaroneck Village – 61
Mount Kisco – 68
Mount Pleasant – 69
Mount Vernon – 217
New Castle – 48
New Rochelle – 372
North Castle – 43
North Salem – 19
Ossining Town – 19
Ossining Village – 158
Peekskill – 145
Pelham – 16
Pelham Manor – 13
Pleasantville – 27
Port Chester – 241
Pound Ridge – 7
Rye Brook – 46
Rye City – 50
Scarsdale – 30
Sleepy Hollow – 75
Somers – 66
Tarrytown – 32
Tuckahoe – 17
White Plains – 184
Yonkers – 568
Yorktown – 150