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On Monday, DC Health published its up-to-date list of states requiring a quarantine for individuals (1) visiting from the states or (2) District residents who had traveled to the states. Rising case numbers nationwide mean eight states were added to the list today

• Arizona
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island

This means anyone visiting or visiting from those states must quarantine for 2 weeks when coming into the District. No states were removed from the list, meaning 39 of eligible 48 states are on the list. Maryland and Virginia are exempt from the quarantine list.

DC Health defines “high-risk areas” as locations where the seven (7)-day moving average daily new COVID-19 case rate is ten (10) or more per one hundred thousand (100,000) persons. Travel to and from Maryland and Virginia is exempted.

An updated list will be published Monday, November 2.

High-risk states that require 14 days of self-quarantine:

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming