Students attending schools where face coverings are optional will have to quarantine for 10 days after a positive COVID-19 test or exposure, according to updated guidance from the Moore County
Moore County has been placed under the most serious tier of the stateâs COVID-19 County Alert System.
Developed by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, the system uses color-coded tiers to identify counties where the virus is spreading most aggressively. Moore is now among the 65 counties included in the red tier, which denotes âcritical community spread.â
Counties are categorized based on âcase rates, the percent of tests that are positive and hospital impact within the county,â according to DHHS. Twenty-seven counties are included under the orange tier, which is reserved for counties experiencing âsubstantial community spread,â while eight counties are under the yellow tier, which denotes âsignificant community spread.â