Most of Erie County now in 'orange zone' after all-time Covid-19 highs By Maki Becker, Keith McShea, Tom Precious and Caitlin Dewey News Staff Reporters Nov 18, 2020 Nov 18, 2020 Updated Jan 17, 2022 0 A sign tells customers information they need to get tested outside the CVS on Sheridan Drive in Tonawanda Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. Mark Mulville/Buffalo News Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Maki Becker, Keith McShea, Tom Precious and Caitlin Dewey News Staff Reporters Say goodbye to your gym for now.kAm!=2? 7@C @?=J @FE5@@C 5:?:?8 @C E2<6@FE 7C@> J@FC 72G@C:E6 C6DE2FC2?E]k^AmkAmp?5 AC6A2C6 7@C J@FC <:5D E@ 36 9@>6 2== 52J =@?8]k^AmkAm}6H *@C< $E2E6 56D:8?2E65 >@DE @7 tC:6 r@F?EJ 2? Q@C2?86 K@?6Q (65?6D52J[ 2D 925 366? 762C65 2D E96 C68:@?VD C2E6 @7 A@D:E:G6 42D6D @7 r@G:5\`h D9@E FA 7C@> c__ ?6H 42D6D 2 H66< E@ >@C6 E92? c__ 6G6CJ 52J :? E96 DA2? @7 EH@ H66<D]k^Am kAm%96 DE2E6 AFE E96 C6DE @7 tC:6 r@F?EJ @? 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Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Will Niagara County restaurants cash in on Erie's Covid orange zone? If you live in Erie County and you're determined to eat indoors at a sit-down restaurant, you still have an option: drive to Niagara County. ECMC halts almost all patient visitation due to 'orange zone' designation The only exceptions to the ban on visits are in cases where a visit is deemed medically necessary, or in end-of-life compassionate care situations. 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Map: Where the yellow and orange zones are in Erie and Niagara counties New York State moved Erie County's yellow zone to an orange zone Wednesday, as well as adding a part of Niagara County as a yellow zone.
Will Niagara County restaurants cash in on Erie's Covid orange zone? If you live in Erie County and you're determined to eat indoors at a sit-down restaurant, you still have an option: drive to Niagara County.
ECMC halts almost all patient visitation due to 'orange zone' designation The only exceptions to the ban on visits are in cases where a visit is deemed medically necessary, or in end-of-life compassionate care situations.
Cuomo: Covid wasn't 'real' enough for many Western New Yorkers On the day he shut down schools and ordered new economic restrictions in Erie County, the governor had a message for Western New York: You wer…
Here's what it means to be in an 'orange zone' The orange zone designation means businesses designated as "high-risk nonessential," such as gyms and salons, must close.
A sliver of Niagara County goes 'yellow' For the first time, part of Niagara County was placed into the yellow zone of Covid-19 restrictions by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Wednesday.
Amid crush of bad news, state's plans for Erie County's yellow zone to come Wednesday Will Erie County's "yellow" precautionary zone go orange? Or even the most restrictive red? Those questions and others should be answered Wednesday.
Closed circuit TV captures armed man sprinting through security during White House Correspondents' Dinner
Closed circuit TV captures armed man sprinting through security during White House Correspondents' Dinner
