CDC and Maryland Health Department make changes to COVID-19 data tracking.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning to stop tracking the spread of Covid-19 in communities across the US, and will instead rely more heavily on Covid-related hospitalizations to track the virus, much like it does to track the flu. The CDC has been using a color-coded system since February 2022 to indicate high, medium or low transmission of Covid-19, county by county. The move away from tracking community level transmission is tied to the May 11 expiration of the national public health emergency.