As of Friday, November 20th, County has reported an additional 9 COVID-19 cases in Somers, bringing the total number of active cases to 66. There are now 10active case in the Heritage Hills community. Cases are increasing throughout Westchester and our Town. Please take precautions to protect you, your family and our community. WEAR A MASK, WATCH YOUR DISTANCE, and WASH YOUR HANDS.
-NYS does not share the data pertaining to local positivity rates with municipal officials. This is what the State uses to determine what areas get zone designations under their Cluster Action Initiative. More information on the zone designations can be found here: https://forward.ny.gov/cluster-action-initiative
-Portions of Ossining, Peekskill, Tarrytown, Yonkers and New Rochelle received yellow zone designations today.
-The Westchester Department of Health has communicated that some of the recent positive tests are linked to college students getting tested prior to returning home for the holiday. However, there is a clear resurgence of the contagion in our community beyond this group.
-You can see COVID testing data by county here:
https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov/views/NYS-COVID19-Tracker/NYSDOHCOVID-19Tracker-Map?%3Aembed=yes&%3Atoolbar=no&%3Atabs=n
Stay Safe & Be Well
