Masks recommended indoors in 9 N.J. counties with ‘high’ COVID risk, CDC says

The CDC elevated 9 New Jersey counties to 'high' COVID transmission risk, the first time any county was deemed high under new federal rankings.

as the omicron wave eased. He said as recently as last month that he doesn’t envision a return to statewide mask rules or other restrictions.

The CDC’s revised metrics introduced in February take into account case rate by population over the last seven days along with hospital admissions and hospital capacity.

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