WASHINGTON — The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises all Americans, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask when indoors in areas where there is a substantial or high level of COVID-19 community transmissions.
The CDC has released an interactive map that helps track and display levels of transmission for COVID-19. The tracker is updated daily at 8 p.m. and searchable down to the county level.
Each county is categorized by color:
- Blue for low transmission (0-9.99 cases per 100,000 persons in the past 7 days)
- Yellow for moderate transmission (10-49.99 cases per 100,000 persons in the past 7 days)
- Orange for substantial transmission (50-99.99 cases per 100,000 persons in the past 7 days)
- Red for high transmission (Over 100 cases per 100,000 persons in the past 7 days)
The CDC advises people in red or orange counties to wear masks in public areas.
In D.C., Maryland and Virginia numerous counties have started to show signs of rising transmissions.
D.C.
Substantial Transmission (Over 100 Cases Per 100,000):
Washington, D.C.
Virginia
Moderate Transmission (10-49.99 Cases Per 100,000):
As of Monday at 9 a.m., Virginia has not listed one of its counties as having Moderate transmission.
Substantial Transmission (50-99.99 Cases Per 100,000):
- Fairfax County
- Loudoun County
- Arlington County
- Alexandria City
High Transmission (Over 100 Cases Per 100,000):
- Fauquier County
- Culpeper County
- Clarke County
- King George County
- Shenandoah County
- Rappahannock County
- Stafford County
- Spotsylvania County
- Warren County
- Page County
- Prince William County
- Westmoreland County
Maryland
Moderate Transmission (10-49.99 Cases Per 100,000):
As of Friday at 7 a.m., Maryland has not listed one of its counties as having Moderate transmission.
Substantial Transmission (50-99.99 Cases Per 100,000):
- Montgomery County
- Howard County
- Prince George's County
- Anne Arundel County
High Transmission (Over 100 Cases Per 100,000):
- Calvert County
- Charles County
- Allegany County
- Frederick County
- St. Mary's County
- Washington County
To see the transmission rate in your county, click here.
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Vaccination rates are slowly increasing, but a Kaiser Family Foundation survey found there are still millions of Americans who would only get vaccinated against COVID-19 if it was required.