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COVID-19 Resources

On July 27, the CDC recommended that everyone in areas of substantial or high community transmission wear a mask in public indoor places, regardless of vaccination status.

Areas of high transmission are considered by the CDC to be those with 100 or more cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day period.

The CDC said the recommendation was due to a reversal in the downward trajectory of new COVID-19 cases and the emergence of the Delta variant, which they say is more infectious and was leading to increased transmissibility when compared to other variants, even in vaccinated individuals.