Westchester To Add More Bicycle Sundays

WHITE PLAINS, NY — If you enjoy bicycling, there will be more opportunities to get out and ride with the expansion of Bicycle Sundays. Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced at his daily news conference Friday that Bicycle Sundays will also take place through July and August.

In April, Latimer had said that the free event, in which bicyclists, skaters, joggers and walkers take over several miles of the Bronx River Parkway, would be held in May, June and September, with the exception of Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.

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Participants are recommended to wear masks or face coverings in situations where social distancing may not always be able to be maintained.

The course begins at Main Street in White Plains, instead of the Westchester County Center because of the temporary hospital that has been set up there. It continues south to Scarsdale Road in Yonkers. The path winds alongside the wooded Bronx River Reservation.

For more information visit the Bicycle Sundays website.

Coronavirus Update

During the Friday new coronavirus update, Latimer said, out of a million people who live in Westchester, 176,084 have been tested for the virus.

"That's one of the highest percentages anywhere," he said, at 17.6 percent.

Latimer said that medical experts say that testing is one of the key things people can do to combat the contagion until a vaccine is developed.

He said that out of the total number of tests 80 percent were negative.

"That is a good sign of a diminution, at least now, of the virus," Latimer said.

Out of the total confirmed cases of the virus, there are now 1,078 active cases.

"At one point we had between 11,000 and 12,000," Latimer said.

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is still around 200, he said.

Deaths to date number 1,389, up four from Thursday.

Here is the map of confirmed and active cases of the new coronavirus broken down by community.

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