"What we've seen in Europe, when we hit that 50% mark, you see cases surge," he said. So far, the agency has reported more than 3,000 known cases of the variant across 47 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, DC. Gordon pointed to declining numbers of active Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, as well as the state's vaccine rollout, as reasons for the changes. So far, more than 60 million Americans have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to CDC vaccination data. -- Skip quarantine and testing if exposed to someone who has Covid-19 but are asymptomatic (but should monitor for symptoms for 14 days).

Source: CNN March 08, 2021 07:46 UTC