With the Delta variant making its way throughout society, CDC data shows that locally, Tompkins County was one of the first areas to reach a substantial transmission rate.
Despite being the first county to reach that level of spread, it was also one of the first to follow guidelines laid about by the CDC and strongly suggest the use of masks inside.
While Tompkins appears to handling the spread the best they can, other counties aren’t doing the same.
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