All of Rhode Island Now Considered Medium-Risk Area
Providence, Bristol, Kent, Newport, and Washington Counties are now considered medium-risk areas according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) COVID-19 Community Levels risk assessment. CDC determines risk level using three metrics: new COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 population in the past seven days, the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, and total new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in the past seven days.
CDC determines risk level using three metrics: new COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 population in the past seven days, the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, and total new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in the past seven days.
If you are in a medium-risk area, RIDOH recommends taking additional precautions, including:
• Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters.
• If you are immunocompromised or high risk, have a plan for testing and talk to your healthcare provider about protecting yourself.
• If you have household or social contact with someone at high risk, consider self-testing and wearing a mask when indoors with them.
• When indoors in crowded settings, consider wearing a mask regardless of vaccination status. This is especially important for people who are immunocompromised.
• Get tested if you have symptoms or have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.
If you test positive:
• Talk to your doctor about treatment
• Stay home and use this calculator to determine how long you need to quarantine or isolate
• Use the RIDOH COVID-19 Survey to let people you were with know you tested positive.
• If you test yourself for COVID-19 at home, report your result to RIDOH at portal.ri.gov/s/selftest.
CDC’s full set of recommendation is available online.
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