The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added just one new destination to its highest-risk category for travel on Monday -- and it's again an Indian Ocean island nation.
Moved up to Level 4 is Madagascar. Off the southeastern coast of Africa, it's known for its unique wildlife, including lemurs, and for being the world's fourth-largest island.
Last week, the much smaller Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius was the only destination added to Level 4. It remained at Level 4 this week, too.
The CDC places a destination at "Level 4: Covid-19 Very High" risk when more than 500 cases per 100,000 residents are registered in the past 28 days.
Madagascar resided at "Level 3: Covid-19 High" risk last week.
There are now about 120 destinations at Level 4. While the number of places in the "very high" risk category has been dropping since peaking around 140 in February, there are still more places in the Level 4 category than in all the other categories combined.
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