“In all regions of the state, infection rates are declining. Experts monitored the data and they allow New York to move to the second phase, ”RIA Novosti quoted New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as saying.

He noted that the pandemic has not yet passed; a second wave should beware.

Shopping centers halls of restaurants and bars, venues for mass meetings and events, fitness rooms are still closed.

Earlier, the number of cases of coronavirus infection with COVID-19 in the United States exceeded 2 million.