The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to end its color-coded Covid-19 Community Levels as a way of tracking the spread of the infection, a source says
As the nation’s public health emergency expires on May 11, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stop reporting its color-coded Covid-19 Community Levels as a way to track the spread of the infection. Instead, the CDC will keep tabs on Covid-19 largely by tracking hospitalizations and monitoring wastewater in some areas, according to a source familiar with the agency’s plans. This is much the same way the agency tracks other respiratory infections, such as the flu.
The new Community Levels shifted the focus to hospitals – how many people were being admitted for Covid-19 and how many beds were left. The model also took into account the weekly rate of new infections in an area. The impact was immediate. Suddenly areas that had appeared dark red for high transmission on a map were yellow or green. Under the CDC’s new system, masks were no longer recommended for large swaths of the country. The change in metrics will happen out of necessity, the source said.
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