PHILADELPHIA - As COVID-19 cases surge in the northeast, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has elevated nearly all the Delaware Valley to its high transmission category.
Southeastern Pennsylvania counties, except Philadelphia and Berks, are currently shaded orange on the CDC's transmission map.
Meanwhile, Delaware Valley counties in New Jersey, except Cumberland and Mercer, are listed as high transmission areas. The CDC's map, which can be found here, listed all three Delaware counties in the high transmission level.When a county enters the ‘high’ category, the CDC recommends wearing a mask in public.
This caused many local school districts to immediately reimpose their indoor mask mandate for students and faculty. The Lower Merion and Cheltenham school districts told students and staff to re-mask on Friday.