COVID in NY: CDC recommends masks in these 23 counties where COVID is spreading fast

Posted August 1, 2021

ALBANY - Time to mask up in more than one-third of New York counties, according to new federal guidelines and data.

Daily figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Sunday showed 23 of New York's 62 counties met the COVID-19 spread threshold where the CDC recommends people should mask up indoors — even those who are vaccinated.

On Sunday, New York's COVID positivity rate hit a seven-day average of 2.5%, its highest since mid-April and more than double what it was a year ago, when the rolling average was a mere 1%, state records show.

"This virus has always been unpredictable, and in the face of the Delta variant, our hard-won progress is only as good as our determination to build on it," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement Sunday.

LAST WEEK, the CDC added its new daily tracker to highlight COVID hot spots amid a surge in the more contagious Delta variant.

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