5:00 AM on Feb 1, 2022 CST Updated at 8:10 PM on Feb 1, 2022 CST. p.usa-alert__text {margin-bottom:0!important;} 7:30 AM on Jan 4, 2022 CST. The CDC announced earlier on Friday a new system for monitoring the virus, which designates individual counties as being at low, medium or high risk of residents contracting COVID-19.