COVID-19 community levels: 9/30/2022

COVID-19 Community Levels is a tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data.

According to the CDC’s COVID-19 Community Levels, all synod counties are low level: Apache, Clark, Coconino, Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, Washington, and Yuma.

At all levels including the low level, prevention steps include:

At the medium level, if you are at high risk for severe illness, talk to your healthcare provider about whether you need to wear a mask and take other precautions.

At the high level, wear a mask indoors in public. Additional precautions may be needed for people at high risk for severe illness.

Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area.

State of the virus

Update for September 23

  • Cases, hospitalizations, and test positivity have all fallen noticeably in recent weeks, a promising sign that conditions nationally are improving.

  • Fewer than 60,000 cases are announced each day nationwide, the lowest level since April. A few states have seen cases increase slightly in recent days, but they are currently the exception. Known daily cases are declining in the majority of states and territories.

  • Hospitalizations are falling nearly everywhere. At the national level, they have declined by 14 percent in the past two weeks.

  • Deaths remain the most concerning statistic nationally. More than 400 deaths are reported per day on average, more than twice as many daily deaths as are typically seen in a bad flu season.

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