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appalachiablue

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Mon Aug 9, 2021, 02:41 AM Aug 2021

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...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cdc-says-three-dc-area-counties-are-high-covid-19-transmission-areas/ar-AAN5zR9

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CDC Says Three DC- Area Counties Are 'High' Covid-19 Transmission Areas (Original Post) appalachiablue Aug 2021 OP
Montgomery County has also reinstituted its indoor public mask ban. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2021 #1
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