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Category: Coronavirus
Posted inCoronavirus

Delta blues: New CDC guidelines suggest vaccinated people mask indoors in some Minnesota counties.

by Joey Peters

Is it time to mask up again? Here’s what you need to know about the Delta variant. Currently, the new indoor masking guidelines apply to 14 of Minnesota’s 87 counties—though in the Twin Cities metro, only Scott County is affected. To date, fully vaccinated people make up less than 1 percent of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state.