Many resources are now available to help communities and healthcare systems cope with COVID-19. The risk of medically significant sickness, hospitalization, and mortality from COVID-19 has considerably lowered for most individuals due to high levels of immunization and community protection. Community COVID-19 Levels are a new tool that will assist communities in choosing and adopting evidence-based preventative measures.
Hospital beds in use, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in a given area are used to calculate levels, which can be low, medium, or high. COVID-19 Community Levels can assist communities and people in making decisions tailored to their needs and circumstances. When accessible, community vaccination coverage and other local data, such as early alarms from monitoring through wastewater, or the frequency of COVID-19 emergency room visits,…
