CDC: Middlesex County reaches recommended threshold for indoor masking
Middlesex County has been labeled as having substantial transmission of COVID-19 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Jul 31, 2021, 9:25 PM
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588ds agoMiddlesex County has been labeled as having substantial transmission of COVID-19 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Substantial transmission has been defined by health officials as 50 to 100 cases per 100,000, or a positivity rate between 8% and 10%.
It has reached the CDC's recommended threshold for universal indoor masking.
Seven of Connecticut's eight counties have been labeled as substantial.
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