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By Keshia Clukey

October 6, 2020 at 4:12 PM EDT

Updated on

October 6, 2020 at 5:10 PM EDT

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Businesses and schools in coronavirus hot spots in New York state must close by the end of the week, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.

Cuomo announced plans for a “Cluster Action Initiative,” where groups of cases would be geographically identified by red, orange and yellow, rather than ZIP codes.