California, Ohio, Maryland among six states removed from New York, New Jersey quarantine order

Jon Campbell, New York State Team
·2 min read

ALBANY, N.Y. – Travelers from California and five other states will no longer have to quarantine upon arriving in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

New Jersey and Connecticut confirmed the nation's most-populous state is no longer included in the tri-state travel order, which requires people traveling from states with moderate-to-high rates of positive COVID-19 cases to isolate for 14 days, unless they're passing through or arriving for essential work.

The quarantine list stands at 30 states and territories after Maryland, Ohio, Nevada, Hawaii and Minnesota were also removed. Puerto Rico was readded after it was removed last week. The full list is available below.

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut's travel order was implemented in June as the coronavirus cooled in the Northeast after a torrid surge in March and April.

COVID-19 - Infogram

Database: How close is your state to the quarantine list? Check our database

The order applies to travelers who reside in the states on the quarantine list, as well as New York, New Jersey and Connecticut residents who traveled to one of them and are returning home.

California had been on the quarantine list since June 30.

The average number of California's daily COVID-19 cases fell below 10 per 100,000 residents over the past week.

The nation's second- and third most-populous states – Texas and Florida – remain on the quarantine list, according to Connecticut and New Jersey.

Here's the latest list of states and territories subject to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut's travel order, as of Tuesday:

  1. Alabama

  2. Alaska

  3. Arkansas

  4. Delaware

  5. Florida

  6. Georgia

  7. Guam

  8. Idaho

  9. Illinois

  10. Indiana

  11. Iowa

  12. Kansas

  13. Kentucky

  14. Louisiana

  15. Mississippi

  16. Missouri

  17. Montana

  18. Nebraska

  19. North Carolina

  20. North Dakota

  21. Oklahoma

  22. Puerto Rico

  23. South Carolina

  24. South Dakota

  25. Tennessee

  26. Texas

  27. Utah

  28. Virginia

  29. West Virginia

  30. Wisconsin

More: NY, NJ, CT order out-of-state travelers to quarantine because of COVID-19

Q&A: What to know about the quarantine if traveling to NY, NJ and CT

Jon Campbell is a New York state government reporter for the USA TODAY Network. He can be reached at JCAMPBELL1@Gannett.com or on Twitter at @JonCampbellGAN.

Support local journalism

We cover the stories from the New York State Capitol and across New York that matter most to you and your family. Please consider supporting our efforts with a subscription to the New York publication nearest you. Check out the latest offer.

This article originally appeared on New York State Team: California among six states removed from NY, NJ quarantine list