On Tuesday, Suffolk County reported positive Covid-19 numbers not seen since the end of May, with 102 new cases helping to put Long Island as a region at the 2-percent infection rate after several weeks below that. There were 69 new cases in Nassau.

Visitors have been given the green light to return to nursing homes and long-term care facilities on a limited basis.

Eleven of the 39 South Fork water bodies regularly tested by the Concerned Citizens of Montauk were found to have had medium to high levels of harmful bacteria, it said in its most recent reporting.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday announced an emergency health order mandating that travelers from states with heavy Covid-19 cases fill out forms with their contact information before leaving their destination airports.