With the new BA.5 subvariant fueling another increase in COVID-19 cases, NYC is advising residents and visitors to wear high-quality masks in indoor public settings and outside crowds.
“We're currently seeing high levels of COVID-19 in NYC. To help slow the spread, all New Yorkers should wear a high-quality mask, such as an N95, KN95 or KF94 in all public indoor settings and around crowds outside,” theAll of New York County has now moved from the CDC’s medium-risk category, which doesn’t carry an indoor masking advisory, to its high-risk category, which does. New York is not alone. The CDC classified 667 counties – 20.73% of the United States – as high-risk as of Friday.
The highly transmissible BA.5 subvariant is responsible for the rise in COVID cases in New York City, as well as in the rest of the United States. The said 45% of all positive tested cases were linked to BA.5 as of June 25, with BA.4 responsible for 16% of the tested cases.
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