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Cities Impose Mask Mandates As COVID-19 Cases Surge
August 16, 2021
Officials in New Haven, Bridgeport, Danbury, Stamford, and Norwalk this week implemented mask mandates for all people�regardless of vaccination status�in all public settings, including restaurants and businesses.Those mandates, based on Gov. Ned Lamont's Aug. 5 executive order authorizing municipalities to act, followed a continued surge in COVID-19 cases across the state.
Hartford, Middlesex, New Haven, and New London counties now exceed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's high transmission threshold for COVID-19�more than 100 weekly cases per 100,000 residents, or a positivity rate of 10% or higher.
The CDC issued guidance July 27 recommending that vaccinated people in areas with substantial or high transmission rates wear face masks indoors to lower the risk of transmitting COVID-19.
Only unvaccinated people in Connecticut were previously required to wear masks in public indoor places, with masks required for everyone in high-risk settings such as healthcare facilities or public transit.
Fairfield, Litchfield, New London, Tolland, and Windham counties all have substantial transmission�50 weekly cases per 100,000 residents, or an 8%-9.99% positivity rate.
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