again wear face masks indoors if they are in an area where the novel coronavirus is surging.The highly transmissible delta variant and millions of unvaccinated Americans are fueling the surge, the CDC said.
The country is averaging more than 57,000 new cases a day and 24,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations. To maximize protection from the delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others, the CDC recommends that those who are vaccinated wear a mask indoors in public in areas with high or substantial transmission rates.
The CDC provides on its website, by county, the areas that are considered to have high or substantial transmission. A screenshot of the CDC’s reported level of community transmission from July 19, 2021 - July 25, 2021..