All four major Hawaii counties now ranked as green, low-level communities for COVID-19

The U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention has categorized all 4 main counties in Hawaii as inexperienced, low-level communities for COVID-19.

Honolulu and Maui counties immediately have been moved from yellow, medium-level communities to inexperienced, becoming a member of Kauai and Hawaii counties which have been already inexperienced.

Beneath CDC tips, these residing in low-level communities — and all ranges — ought to keep updated on COVID-19 vaccines, together with beneficial booster doses, and get examined if one has signs.

In any respect neighborhood ranges, together with inexperienced, CDC says those that have signs, a constructive check, or publicity to somebody with COVID ought to put on a masks.

At yellow, medium-level communities, these at excessive danger ought to put on a high-quality masks when in public indoors, and in orange, high-level communities, individuals ought to put on a high-quality masks in public indoors.

The metrics used to find out neighborhood ranges are based mostly on a mix of coronavirus case charges per 100,000 individuals, new COVID admission charges at hospitals, and p.c of hospital beds occupied by COVID sufferers.

In Honolulu, case charges per 100,000 dropped to 95.32, whereas new COVID admissions per 100,000 fell to 9.5 and solely 3.6% of staffed hospital beds have been being utilized by sufferers with COVID.

In the course of the peak of the omicron surge in Might, all 4 counties had at one time or one other been categorised as high-level, orange communities.

CDC updates neighborhood ranges for counties on Thursdays.