Traveling to Miami, Orlando or another Florida city? How to check the COVID risk level

It’s time for summer season travels and Florida is all the time a well-liked vacation spot, even for staycations.

We’ve got seashores, the Everglades and coral reefs. We even have Disney World, Common Studios and Busch Gardens. Florida has mermaids, NASA rockets. And South Seaside is all the time a celebration.

However whereas journey in 2022 is almost like in pre-pandemic instances, there’s nonetheless COVID-19 analysis to do.

Within the U.S., home journey doesn’t require vaccines or testing. Most locations have lifted masks mandates, too. Florida doesn’t require masks. You’ll be able to nonetheless put on one in order for you, and whereas uncommon, some companies may nonetheless require masks. COVID guidelines for worldwide journey varies by vacation spot.

What about Florida’s COVID threat stage?

It will depend on the place you’re going. Florida has counties with excessive, medium and low COVID threat, in accordance with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. The CDC makes use of three metrics to categorise counties by COVID threat stage to offer suggestions on when individuals ought to put on a masks or not as a result of unfold of COVID.

CDC COVID Threat Degree for counties

For prime threat counties, the CDC recommends individuals put on a masks in indoor public areas.

For medium threat counties, the CDC isn’t recommending masks. It recommends individuals thought of to be excessive threat for extreme sickness converse with their healthcare supplier on whether or not they need to put on a masks.

For low threat counties, the CDC isn’t recommending masks.

No matter threat stage, the CDC says anybody can put on a masks in the event that they wish to. It additionally recommends vaccinations, masks in indoors public transportation, and present process testing when you’ve got signs. Anybody who assessments constructive, was uncovered to COVID or has signs is requested to put on a masks.

Now, let’s check out among the COVID threat stage for the counties of a few of Florida’s in style locations:

COVID threat stage in Miami and the remainder of South Florida

▪ When you’re visiting Miami Seaside, downtown Miami, Brickell, Wynwood, Little Havana, Little Haiti, Key Biscayne, Coconut Grove, Doral, Hialeah, Miami Gardens, and Coral Gables, you’ll be in Miami-Dade County. Fort Lauderdale is in Broward County and West Palm Seaside is Palm Seaside County. When you’re going to the Keys, that’s Monroe County.

COVID threat stage for these counties: Excessive

Orlando

▪ When you’re visiting Orlando, you’ll probably be visiting theme parks, together with Common Studios Orlando and Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista. Orlando and Common Studios is in Orange County. A part of Walt Disney World is in Orange County and the opposite half is in Osceola County.

COVID threat stage for these counties: Excessive

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Tampa

Tampa in Hillsborough County is dwelling to Busch Gardens and is about an hour away from Weeki Wachi Springs State Park, the place mermaids swim in Hernando County. Tiger King followers may even acknowledge Tampa as the place Carole Baskin’s Large Cat Rescue resides.

COVID threat stage for these counties: Excessive in Hillsborough County. Medium in Hernando County.

Tallahassee

Tallahassee is the state capital in Leon County. That is the place the Florida Legislature meets and makes legal guidelines. It’s additionally the place the governor lives.

COVID threat stage for this county: Medium

St. Augustine

St. Augustine in St. Johns County is the oldest metropolis within the U.S. and is wealthy in historical past. It’s additionally dwelling to the Fountain of Youth.

COVID threat stage for this county: Medium

Fort Myers and Sanibel

Fort Myers and Sanibel are in style seashore locations in Lee County.

COVID threat stage for this county: Medium

Learn how to examine COVID threat stage for an additional Florida county or U.S. state

To examine the CDC’s COVID threat stage for an additional Florida county or for a county in one other state, go to the CDC’s County COVID examine web site.