COVID-19 community levels: 5/11/2023

Note: our updates can be a week behind due to our news cycle overlapping with Thursday updates. View the latest CDC data here.

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

Besides Greenlee and Apache, all of our synod’s counties are at at low levels: Clark, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Nye, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Washington, Yavapai, and Yuma.

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

• Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines

• Get tested if you have symptoms

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.