Governor Andrew Cuomo announced practice and play can begin in low risk youth sports like tennis, cross country, field hockey and swimming in all regions of the state on September 21st.

No travel games or practice will be permitted outside the school's region until October 19th.

He says full contact sports like football can practice, but are not allowed to compete.

Meanwhile, Cuomo says Sunday’s COVID-19 infection rate of 0.66 percent is the lowest since the pandemic began.

Cuomo says the rate of positive test results has been under 1% for 17 straight days

There were 482 hospitalizations and seven people died from COVID-19 yesterday.

The governor also says the State Liquor Authority and State Police observed nearly 4,000 establishments over the weekend and issued 34 violations.

 

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