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Many NYS Movie Theaters Able to Reopen with 25% Capacity Seating

GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES MOST MOVIE THEATERS OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY CAN REOPEN ON OCTOBER 23

Theaters Must Open at 25 Percent Capacity; No More Than 50 People in Front of Each Movie Screen

Theaters in Certain Counties Outside of New York City Do Not Meet State Requirements and Cannot Reopen

159,972 Test Results Reported to New York State Yesterday—New Record High

Statewide Positivity Rate is 1.11 Percent

Positive Testing Rate in Hot Spot Areas is 4.34 Percent; New York State Positivity Without Red Zone Focus Areas Included is 1.02 Percent

9 COVID-19 Deaths in New York State Yesterday

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that movie theaters outside of New York City can reopen at 25 percent capacity under state guidance starting October 23. No more than 50 people are allowed in front of each screen in each movie theater at once. Theaters can only open outside of New York City in counties that have COVID-19 positivity rates of less than 2 percent on a 14-day average and do not have any cluster zones. Theaters will be subject to rigorous state guidance and enforcement.

The governor also announced that 159,972 test results were reported to New York State yesterday—a new record high.

“We hit 160,000 tests in one day, which is a record number and the highest we’ve ever done. When you’re doing that level of tests you get down to the block level. And then, when you start to see a cluster, you oversample in that cluster, so you get even more data,” Governor Cuomo said. “Beginning October 23, movie theaters outside of New York City will be allowed to reopen at 25 percent capacity with up to 50 people maximum per screen. This is outside of New York City in areas that have infection rates below 2 percent on a 14-day average and have no cluster zones.”


Theaters cannot reopen in the following counties:

  • Allegany
  • Broome
  • Cattaraugus
  • Chautauqua
  • Chemung
  • Cortland
  • Greene
  • Orange
  • Rockland
  • Schuyler
  • Steuben
  • Tioga

State guidance on the reopening of theaters includes the following conditions:

  • Masks will be required at all times except when seated and eating or drinking.
  • Assigned seating will be required in all theaters.
  • Social distancing between parties will be required at all times.
  • Additional staffing will be required to control occupancy, traffic and seating to ensure compliance.
  • Enhanced air filtration, ventilation and purification standards must be met by theaters.

In “Red Zone” focus areas included as part of the Governor’s Cluster Action Initiative, the positivity rate for test results reported yesterday is 4.34 percent – down from 4.84 the day before.

Within the “Red Zone” focus areas, 4,305 test results were reported yesterday, yielding 187 positives or a 4.34 percent positivity rate. In the remainder of the state, not counting these “Red Zone” focus areas, 155,667 test results were reported, yielding 1,597 positives or a 1.02 percent positivity rate. The state’s overall positivity rate is 1.11 percent with focus areas included. The “Red Zone” focus areas are home to 2.8 percent of the state population yet had 10.5 percent of all positive test results reported to the state yesterday, and 11.6 percent of all positive case results reported to the state this current week.

FOCUS ZONE9/27-10/3 % Positive10/4- 10/10 % PositiveWeek to Date (10/11 – 10/16) % PositiveDay Prior (10/15) % PositiveYesterday (10/16) % Positive
Brooklyn red-zone focus area % positive6.69%5.86%5.36%5.47%4.92%
Queens % red-zone focus area % positive2.97%3.36%2.47%2.03%2.39%
Rockland % red-zone focus area % positive12.29%9.77%5.08%11.26%5.05%
Orange red-zone focus area % positive24.64%12.41%5.99%3.10%6.47%
All red-zone focus area % positive6.91%6.13%4.69%4.84%4.34%
Statewide % positive with red-zone focus areas included1.25%1.18%1.17%1.25%1.11%
Statewide % positive without red-zone focus areas included1.02%1.01%1.07%1.14%1.02%
 9/27-10/3 % Positive10/4- 10/10 % PositiveWeek to Date (10/11 – 10/16) % PositiveDay Prior (10/15) % PositiveYesterday (10/16) % Positive
Percentage of state’s positive cases coming from red-zone focus areas21.80%17.60%11.60%11.70%10.50%

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

  • Patient Hospitalization – 929 (+11)
  • Patients Newly Admitted – 139
  • Hospital Counties – 41
  • Number ICU – 195 (-5)
  • Number ICU with Intubation – 103 (+6)
  • Total Discharges – 78,235 (+118)
  • Deaths – 9
  • Total Deaths – 25,637

Each region’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGIONWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAY
Capital Region0.8%0.7%0.6%
Central New York1.0%1.2%0.7%
Finger Lakes1.3%1.5%0.9%
Long Island1.1%1.1%1.0%
Mid-Hudson1.6%1.8%1.6%
Mohawk Valley0.5%0.3%0.3%
New York City1.0%1.2%1.2%
North Country0.5%0.5%0.3%
Southern Tier1.1%1.6%1.4%
Western New York1.6%
Posted on October 20, 2020 by owllightnews.com. This entry was posted in Community Information, Covid-19, Movies, NYS, Press Release and tagged #movietheaters. Bookmark the permalink.
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