Covid-19: Travelers From More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List

Travelers from two more states with high positive testing rates for COVID-19 have now been added to the joint quarantine order of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Joe Lombardi

08/18/2020 11:55 a.m.

The new states added on Tuesday, Aug. 18 are Alaska and Delaware. No areas have been removed.

The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average.

Those who have traveled to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from those areas, all of which have significant community spread, are required to quarantine for 14 days.

The full, updated travel advisory list of 33 states and two territories is as follows:

Alaska
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
Nevada
Oklahoma
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Virgin Islands
Wisconsin

The first quarantine order was issued on June 25, with eight states.

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