{"id":313715,"date":"2021-08-02T03:29:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T00:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/connecticut-strongly-recommending-indoor-masks-as-cases-increase\/"},"modified":"2021-08-02T03:29:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T00:29:18","slug":"connecticut-strongly-recommending-indoor-masks-as-cases-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/connecticut-strongly-recommending-indoor-masks-as-cases-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"#Connecticut &#8216;strongly recommending&#8217; indoor masks as cases increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Connecticut &#8216;strongly recommending&#8217; indoor masks as cases increase<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/connecticut-mask.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Connecticut officials are \u201cstrongly recommending\u201d that all residents over the age of two \u2014 regardless of vaccination status \u2014 wear masks indoors after seven of the state\u2019s eight counties have been classified by the CDC as having \u201csubstantial transmission\u201d of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The Connecticut Department of Public Health said Sunday that Middlesex County was the latest of the state\u2019s counties to cross the CDC\u2019s threshold for mandatory indoor masks, prompting the recommendation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Litchfield County has not yet crossed that threshold the CDPH said, however it anticipates that it soon will due to current transmission trends.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC classifies counties with greater than 50 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents over seven days as \u201csubstantial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the most recent <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/q5as-kyim\">state report<\/a> released on July 30, Connecticut experienced 491 new cases over the previous week, with a positivity increase of 2.71 percent. 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