BY ROSE ADAMS 
 One week after reducing  
 the size of Brooklyn’s  
 COVID-19  “red  zone,”  Gov.  
 Andrew  Cuomo  announced  
 that  he  will  continue  lifting  
 restrictions on the former coronavirus  
 hotspot. 
 During a Monday press conference, 
   Cuomo  said  that  the  
 COVID-19 “red zone” in southern  
 Brooklyn — which encompasses  
 Midwood,  Homecrest,  
 and sections of Marine Park,  
 Gravesend, and Sheepshead  
 Bay — will be turned into an  
 “orange zone,” which carries  
 fewer restrictions.  
 Though schools in the district  
 must  remain  closed,  
 houses  of  worship  can  now  
 operate at 25 percent capacity  
 with a maximum of 33 people;  
 small  gatherings  of  10  people  
 or fewer are permitted; lowrisk, 
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 may open; and restaurants  
 can open for outdoor dining.  
 The changes, effective immediately, 
   come  as  cases  in  
 the district have dropped dramatically. 
   On  Nov.  6,  Cuomo  
 shrunk  the  Brooklyn  “red  
 zone” — which has included  
 Borough Park, Flatlands,  
 and a part of Marine Park —  
 to half its size, claiming the  
 daily rate of positive cases had  
 fallen from 5.86 percent in October  
 to 2.9 percent on Nov. 5. 
 Cuomo and state health offi  
 cials did not point to data explaining  
 why  the  remaining  
 “red zone” became an “orange  
 zone”  on  Nov.  9,  saying  only  
 the positivity rate has continued  
 to fall. 
 “Metrics  demonstrate  continued  
 progress  controlling  
 COVID spread and the zone  
 will be transitioned to orange,  
 allowing  many  businesses  
 to reopen,” read a statement  
 from the governor’s offi ce.  
 However, city data suggests  
 that the virus is still alive  
 and well in parts of southern  
 Brooklyn. One Borough Park  
 ZIP code (11219) — which went  
 from a red zone to a yellow  
 zone last week — had an average  
 positivity rate of 4.39 percent  
 between Nov. 2 and Nov.  
 8, according to city data. 
 Midwood (11230) had a positivity  
 rate of 4 percent, and  
 Gravesend/Homecrest  (11223)  
 had a rate of 3.05 percent in  
 the same time period, the city  
 Gov. Andrew Cuomo  lifted  some  restrictions on Brooklyn’s  “red zone,”  
 turning it into an “orange zone” amid a drop in cases.  The City of New York 
 data  shows. Portions  of  those  
 two ZIP codes were included  
 in the updated “red zone” map  
 last week, and were switched  
 to “orange zones” on Nov. 9.  
 The rates in those three ZIP  
 codes — as well as in Borough  
 Park’s 11219 — have dropped  
 signifi cantly  since  late  September  
 and early October,  
 when they reached between 7  
 and 10 percent.  
 The positivity rate for the  
 whole borough has also seen  
 a slight uptick, rising from 1.8  
 and 1.9 percent on Nov. 6 and  
 7 respectively to 2.5 percent on  
 Nov. 8, according to the state.  
 Brooklyn’s seven-day percent  
 positivity rate has hovered just  
 above 2 percent since mid-October, 
  according to city data.   
 On Nov. 11, Cuomo issued  
 a new rule mandating that  
 gyms, bars, restaurants, and  
 any business licensed to serve  
 close after 10 pm or switch to  
 take-out and delivery only.  
 The rule, which applies to  
 businesses  across  the  state,  
 aims  to  reduce  the  uptick  in  
 cases statewide. 
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