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." The new levels trigger a range of precautions for buildings in these areas across the federal government. Under the Biden administration's rules,However, few communities now re-entering"high" COVID-19 Community Levels have decided to reimplement mask requirements on residents. "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 on Wednesday, ahead of the updated figures."And in any COVID-19 community levels, individuals may always choose to wear a mask to protect themselves from infection," Walensky added later. Walensky and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the president's chief medical adviser, said recently they were sometimesThe surge comes as health officials are warning the true tally of COVID-19 cases is increasingly being undercounted, as a growing share of Americans adopt at-home testing.sometimes used as a sign that many infections are being missed. "Home tests are great, by the way. I've been a huge fan of home tests for the last two years. But what that means is we're clearly undercounting infections," Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House's top COVID-19 official, said.
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