Conn. (WTNH) — Four Connecticut counties were listed with high COVID-19 levels, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The COVID-19 Community Levels Map, which launched earlier this year, shows that Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, and New Haven counties were listed in the high/orange category, while Hartford, New London, Tolland, and Windham counties are listed in the medium/yellow category.
Counties listed in the high/orange category are urged to wear a mask indoors in public and stay up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines. Those at high-risk are urged to take additional precautions, the CDC said.
Connecticut Department of Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani, MD said the state is witnessing the “long-anticipated winter COVID-19 surge.”
“With 2023 right around the corner, we are in a far better place with this pandemic then we were in 2020,” Juthani said. “We have many more tools at our disposal to deal effectively with COVID-19, including vaccines and updated boosters, Test to Treat locations, the mobile van clinics, and the wide availability of COVID-19 self-test kits.”
Four free self-test kits will be available per household. Order your free test kits here.
