Nearly half of Americans live in areas where they should consider masking indoors to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases, according to data updated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's up from around a third of Americans last week.
Cases in nursing homes have also surged in recent weeks across the Northeast, though recent data published by the CDC suggests the pace of new infectionsOutside of the Northeast, the CDC says communities from Honolulu to Detroit are currently at"high" levels. Dozens of counties – including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. – are now at"medium."
"For areas currently with high COVID-19 community levels — those in orange — we urge local leaders to encourage use of prevention strategies like masking in public indoor settings and increasing access to testing and to treatment," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky
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