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Eating inside restaurants in New York City will be banned starting Monday, the governor said.
The reason is due to the increase in hospitalizations in New York City, Andrew Cuomo said.
It will continue to be allowed to eat outside and order food at home, he added.
Indoor dining will close in New York City starting Monday.
Hospitalizations have not stabilized, and with a rising infection rate and NYC's density, this means that indoor dining is too high of a risk.
Takeout, delivery and outdoor dining will continue.
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- Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) December 11, 2020
The state is analyzing indoor dining room data to determine potential next steps for eating indoors outside of the New York City area and in the "orange zones."
The state of New York currently adds 753,837 cases of covid-19, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.
Across the United States there have been 15.7 million cases and more than 293,000 deaths.
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