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A Bronx judge cut loose a teenager charged in a brutal gang attack on a 52-year-old man — over fears the teen could catch the coronavirus while jailed awaiting trial, court officials said.

Acting Bronx Supreme Court Justice Linda Poust-Lopez released Ernest Taluy, 18, without bail at his arraignment on attempted gang-assault, assault and weapons charges after the alleged attack at a 149th Street McDonald’s on Sunday, according to police and court records.

Taluy, a reputed member of the Patterson YG street gang, was with four other youths when the attack took place at 6 a.m.

Tauly — along with two 16-year-olds and two 17-year-olds — “repeatedly threw plastic cones and wooden high chairs/booster seats” at the victim, a Long Island City, Queens, resident, according to police and a criminal complaint.

Cops used surveillance video from the restaurant to identify the suspects, who were later arrested.

The victim was treated at a hospital for a gash across his left eye and other injuries, the complaint said.

Bronx prosecutors requested Taluy be held on $100,000 bail, to no avail.

Taluy’s release came nearly one month after Poust-Lopez released 19-year-old reputed Patterson YG member Brandon Logan without bail after he was charged with possession of a loaded gun, records show. He. too, was set free over COVID-19 concerns, court officials said.

“Both defendants are young adults, one with no criminal record, and taking into account the overarching situation of a nationwide health pandemic, the judge clearly felt that their promise of returning to court outweighed the potential risk of illness by being incarcerated,” a spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration told The Post.

Logan had no criminal record until he was hit with a weapons charge on 150th Street on March 18, records show.

An NYPD cop allegedly spotted Logan with a handgun and saw him toss it over a fence.

Police said they recovered a loaded .25-caliber pistol on the other side of the fence and arrested Logan.

Poust-Lopez released him without bail following his arraignment the next day.

Taluy, however, does have a record — including arrests for robbery, grand larceny and weapons possession, police said. He is due back on court on July 23.

The judge did not respond to a request for comment.