CDC Says Three DC- Area Counties Are 'High' Covid-19 Transmission Areas

NBC4 News, Aug. 8, 2021.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday that three D.C.-area counties are considered “high” transmission areas for COVID-19.

The counties include Prince George's County in Maryland and Charles and Prince William counties in Virginia, where the delta variant is causing a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Stafford, Spotsylvania, Faquier and Rappahannock counties in Virginia have the same designation.

The announcement came as a mask mandate went into effect at 5 p.m. in Prince George’s.

“After consulting with health officials who are monitoring our COVID-19 metrics daily, we have been advised that we are now at a point where we must reinstitute an indoor public mask mandate to keep Prince Georgians safe,” Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said...

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