COVID-19 News
  • Tune in TODAY at 7 PM ET for a Spanish-language Facebook live event, hosted by CDM, with migrant women as they talk about their experiences defending their rights.
  • The U.S. government is offering an additional 4 free COVID-19 rapid tests to every household! Request your 4 additional tests, and they will be shipped to your home. Please note that this is an additional 4 tests, so if your household has received 4 tests already, you can receive 4 more, and if you haven’t requested any, you can make 2 requests!
  • Hawaii will be the last state to drop its indoor mask mandate on March 26, while the requirement to wear masks on planes and trains and in transit hubs in the U.S. will be extended to April 18. Remember, you can always wear a mask to protect yourself and your loved ones, and the CDC’s new Community Levels tool can help you determine what’s best based on your community’s risk level.
  • As of March 1, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) no longer requires that employees at protein processing facilities wear masks when FSIS inspectors are present, effectively ending the mask mandate at these facilities.
  • As masking requirements are lifted around the country, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) still considers COVID-19 its primary enforcement concern. The agency is currently revising its own guidance in reference to new COVID-19 recommendations from the CDC.

State Level Data Overview

Vaccination rates by state

(% of population ≥ 5 years of age fully vaccinated)

  • Delaware: 72.1%
  • Maryland: 79.1%
  • Virginia: 76.8%
  • North Carolina: 63.3%
  • South Carolina: 59.7%
  • Georgia: 57.5%
Note: We’ve decided to share the CDC’s COVID-19 Community levels in map form in each of the state sections instead of COVID-19 rates since the new metric includes additional factors, like hospital capacity. We’ll continue monitoring the situation, and if cases begin to rise again, we’ll resume reporting COVID-19 rates specifically.

Read the CDC’s explanation of Community Levels for more info on how the level is calculated and how to interpret it.

State Snapshots

Delaware

  • The Delaware Division of Public Health is offering $50 gift cards as an incentive for any unvaccinated individual 5 years and older! The below flyers have specific details about how to get vaccinated and receive the gift card each county:
  • The University of Delaware is still looking for volunteers to help conduct household surveys in Sussex County on March 25-26. These surveys, focused on the impact of COVID-19, will help inform the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP). Volunteers can receive up to $150 per day, as well as breakfast and lunch. Spanish- and Haitian Creole-speaking volunteers are especially needed. Sign up here!

Vaccination rates by county

  • Kent: 58.9%
  • Sussex: 70.5%

COVID-19 Community Levels by county

Maryland

  • The next Lower Shore Vulnerable Population Task Force One Stop Shop will be held on March 19 from 12 to 2 PM at the Fairmount Volunteer Fire Co. in Westover, MD. Share these multilingual graphics to help get the word out!

Vaccination rates by county

  • Dorchester: 61.8%
  • Somerset: 53%
  • Wicomico: 58.5%

COVID-19 Community Levels by county

Virginia

Vaccination rates by county

  • Accomack: 76.6%
  • Northampton: 74.4%
  • Northumberland: 55.8%
  • Rockingham: 45.5%
  • Shenandoah: 51.9%

COVID-19 Community Levels by county

North Carolina

  • The North Carolina Department of Labor recently fined Mountaire Farms after workers reported a chemical odor that was causing health issues, and the company refused to provide employees with the name of the chemical or other information about the chemical’s known risks, which include skin burns, eye damage, and respiratory irritation.
  • Our PPP partner, Episcopal Farm Worker Ministries, recently published this series of Spanish-language graphics to reinforce COVID-19 basics that continue to keep us all safe.
  • Check out this recent Spanish-language article by Enlace Latino NC on the bill passed by the State Senate that would ban school mask mandates in North Carolina, which the governor vetoed and thus will not go into effect.

Vaccination rates by county

  • Alamance: 61.5%
  • Forsyth: 65.1%
  • Guilford: 64.3%
  • Mecklenberg: 66.5%
  • Pasquotank: 57.2%
  • Wilkes: 48.8%

COVID-19 Community Levels by county

South Carolina

Vaccination rates by county

  • Greenville: 58.6%
  • Greenwood: 50.9%
  • Lexington: 58.5%
  • Marlboro: 45.9%
  • Spartanburg: 46.4%
  • Sumter: 60.5%

COVID-19 Community Levels by county

Georgia

Vaccination rates by county

  • Carroll: 40%
  • Clayton: 46.4%
  • Cobb: 61.5%
  • DeKalb: 59.7%
  • Fulton: 59.2%
  • Gwinnett: 58.4%
  • Hall: 47.8%

COVID-19 Community Levels by county
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