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Cuomo delays indoor dining in New York City indefinitely and tells cops to enforce social distancing rules because 'compliance is slipping' as coronavirus cases soar around the country
Indoor dining was due to begin with limited capacity in New York City on Monday July 6
It has now been indefinitely postponed because current social distancing rules are not being followed
Cuomo said on Wednesday that it was down to businesses to enforce the rules when people are dining there outside
In parts of the city, bars and restaurants have ignored capacity rules and loitering bans to accommodate more customers
Coronavirus cases in New York City continue to decrease but Cuomo says allowing indoor dining again could see a spike
By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com
Published: 12:47 EDT, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 12:48 EDT, 1 July 2020
Indoor dining in New York City has been indefinitely postponed as coronavirus cases in other cities around the country continue to soar with people flocking back to their social lives and ignoring warnings from heath experts.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement on Wednesday and said it would last until it was 'prudent' to allow people back inside restaurants again.
Indoor dining was due to begin with on Monday July 6, when the city enters the third phase of its staggered reopening.
Cuomo said on Wednesday however that people were not complying enough with existing social distancing rules.
He is urging the NYPD to enforce the rules and says that too many New Yorkers have been ignoring them. Coronavirus cases across the state of New York continue to decrease.
People gather at an outdoor restaurant in the East Village on June 28. Cuomo said compliance among citizens in New York is 'slipping'
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People gather at an outdoor restaurant in the East Village on June 28. Cuomo said compliance among citizens in New York is 'slipping'
n Tuesday, 625 tests out of 56,710 were positive, meaning the infection rate across the state is 1.1 percent.
Hospitalizations are now down to 879. At the peak of the pandemic, more than 18,000 were in the hospital.
Thirteen people died across the state on Tuesday. Recent data from New York City health only goes up to June 28, when two people died from COVID-19.
Cuomo however said that the 'compliance' among New Yorkers was 'slipping'.
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