Updated COVID Risk Levels In Michigan: See New CDC Map

Detroit MI

03 March, 2022

8:56 AM

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MICHIGAN — Most Michiganders no longer need to wear masks indoors, according to an updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC updated its mask guidance after revising its system for calculating COVID-19 spread in communities. Most of Michigan is now either in a "low spread" or "medium spread" community. The Michiganders who live in one of the state's 18 "high spread" counties should continue to wear masks indoors. The state saw a surge in COVID-19 cases at the end of 2021 and in early 2022, largely driven by the arrival of the omicron variant. During that time, Michigan led the country in hospitalizations and recorded record daily averages. However, since then, cases and hospitalizations related to the virus have plummeted around Michigan. Last week, the CDC revised the system it uses to deem where certain mitigation factors are encouraged. The agency uses hospital bed capacity, hospital admissions, and new COVID-19 cases to determine how high virus levels are in a county. See the updated map for Ohio from the CDC here. Low COVID-19 Level Counties: Allegan CountyBaraga CountyCharlevoix CountyCheboygan CountyEmmet CountyGenessee CountyGogebic CountyHoughton CountyKeweenaw CountyLapeer CountyOntonagon CountyOttawa County Medium COVID-19 Level Counties: Alcona CountyAlger CountyAntrim CountyBarry CountyBenzie CountyBranch CountyCalhoun CountyChippewa CountyClare CountyCrawford CountyDelta CountyDickinson CountyEaton CountyGladwin CountyHillsdale CountyHuron CountyIngham CountyIonia CountyIron CountyIsabella CountyJackson CountyKalamazoo CountyKalkaska CountyKent CountyLake CountyLeelanau CountyLenawee CountyLivingston CountyMackinac CountyMacomb CountyManistee CountyMarquette CountyMecosta CountyMissaukee CountyMonroe CountyMontcalm CountyMontmorency CountyMuskegon CountyNewaygo CountyOakland CountyOceana CountyOsceola CountyOstego CountyPresque Isle CountyRoscommon CountySaginaw CountySchoolcraft CountyShiawassee CountySt. Joseph CountyTuscola CountyWashtenaw CountyWayne CountyWexford County High COVID-19 Level Counties: Alpena CountyArenac CountyBay CountyBerrien CountyCass CountyClinton CountyGrand Traverse CountyGratiot CountyIosco CountyLuce CountyMason CountyMenominee CountyMidland CountyOgemaw CountyOscoda CountySanilac CountySt. Clair CountyVan Buren County Masks aren't recommended indoors for people in low counties, while they are only recommended in medium counties if you are at elevated risk for severe illness and speak to your doctor. Masks are recommended indoors for people in high spread communities. Everyone is still being encouraged to stay up to date on COVID-19 vaccines and get tested if experiencing symptoms. Effective Feb. 25, the CDC announced it "does not require wearing of masks on buses or vans operated by public or private school systems, including early care and education/childcare programs."