8-3-20 New Jersey lowered capacity on indoor gatherings from 100 to 25 as it saw transmission rates rise from 0.87 to 1.41 in a month

8-4-20 Tropical Storm Isaias hits Albany

8-7-20 All school districts in New York State received authorization to open pursuant to approval of their plans by Dept. of Health and State Education Dept. (Day 160)

8-8-20 Lowest percent positive rate so far in New York State (0.87) and lowest number of people in ICU so far (131) (Day 161)

8-9-20 The U.S. has hit 5 million confirmed coronavirus cases — just 17 days after crossing the 4 million mark (Day 162)

8-11-20 Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as his VP in 2020 (Day 164)

8-14-20 Bowling alleys authorized to open at 50% capacity in New York (Day 167)

8-18-20 New York City required that hotels have visitors fill out a form with information to help determine whether visitors required to quarantine are complying. It is estimated that 15 - 20% of NYC Covid cases are linked to recent out of town travel. (Day 171)

8-24-21 Gyms can open in New York

8-29-20 Tour de France starts. (Day 183)

8-30-20 SUNY Oneonta is closing for two weeks to in-person classes after 105 coronavirus cases were confirmed in the past two days. Five students and three campus organizations were been suspended because of large parties that were held last week. (Day 184)