Published July 28, 2021 •
Updated on July 28, 2021 at 6:08 pm
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Several counties in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana fall into the “substantial” or “high” transmission categories that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established to help determine whether it would recommend fully vaccinated Americans to wear masks in indoor spaces.
Under the parameters released by the CDC on Tuesday, at least eight counties in the NBC 5 viewing area would fall into one of the two categories. While seven of those counties are currently in the “substantial” transmission group, one, Newton County in Indiana, is considered to be a COVID hotspot, as the county is reporting massive surges in both positivity rates and in coronavirus cases.
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