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People in Kalamazoo and four other Michigan counties should mask up, the CDC says

WMUK | By Sehvilla Mann
Published July 15, 2022 at 4:40 PM EDT
Map of US counties with Michigan highlighted. Low-transmission counties are green, medium are yellow and high-transmission are orange
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says with high COVID in transmission county, people should mask up indoors.

The other three are in the Upper Peninsula.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 transmission is now high enough in Gogebic, Iron, Delta and Kalamazoo Counties that people there should wear a mask indoors whatever their vaccination status.

Calhoun, St. Joseph and Barry Counties have a medium level of transmission, while Berrien, Van Buren and Cass counties are at a low level.
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Sehvilla Mann
Sehvilla Mann joined WMUK’s news team in 2014 as a reporter on the local government and education beats. She covered those topics and more in eight years of reporting for the Station, before becoming news director in 2022.
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