COVID-19 Risk Index
Risk levels for exposure vary
based on four main factors:
Enclosed space
Duration of interaction
Crowds
Density of people +
challenges for social distancing
Forceful exhalation
Sneezing, yelling, singing,
and coughing
Low
Walking outdoors
With or without pets
Staying at home
Alone or with
members of your
household
Picking up takeout
food, coffee, or
groceries from stores
Risks: Potential crowding
High
Bars and nightclubs
Medium /
Risks: Enclosed space, prolonged
close contact/potential clustering
of people, high respiratory rate,
yelling/projection of voice
When near High
people,
Indoor party
wear a Exercising at a gym
Risks: Indoor, prolonged close Playing contact
mask contact/potential clustering of
people
sports
Football, basketball,
Additional risks: alcohol (loss of
inhibition), shared joint/pipe soccer, etc
(coughing) Risks: Prolonged close
Risks: Indoor, close contact/ potential
Medium
clustering of people, high-touch contact/potential clustering of
surfaces, difficult to wear a mask, people, high respiratory rate,
high respiratory rate unable to wear a mask
Visiting hospital Hair/nail salon and
emergency barbershops Public transportation
department
Risks: Indoor, potential
Subway or bus
clustering of people Risks: Enclosed space, prolonged
Air travel close contact/potential clustering
of people, and high-touch surfaces
Low /
Medical office visit Risks: Enclosed space,
Risks: Indoor, close contact, prolonged close contact/
potential clustering of people, potential clustering of people,
Medium
high-touch surfaces and high-touch surfaces
Dentist
Risks: Prolonged close contact,
difficult to wear a mask
Religious
services
appointment Concert Risks: Enclosed space,
Playing “distanced”
sports outside
Risks: Indoor, close contact,
potential clustering of people,
Working in an office Risks: Enclosed space,
prolonged close
contact/potential
patient not wearing a mask prolonged close clustering of people,
Risks: Indoor, contact/potential high-touch surfaces,
high-touch clustering of people, singing/projection of
Taking a taxi or surfaces, high-touch surfaces, voice
prolonged close yelling/projection of
a ride-sharing contact/potential voice
service clustering of
Running or biking Ex. Tennis or golf
people
Alone or with another person Movie theater or live theater
Risks: Close Risks: Dependency on frequency of cleaning,
contact or
potential Grocery duration of ride, and number of passengers Risks: Enclosed space,
prolonged close
clustering of shopping contact/potential
people
Risks: Indoor, close
clustering of people, Watching sports
high-touch surfaces
contact, potential
clustering of people,
Risks: Prolonged close contact/potential
Outdoor high-touch surfaces
clustering of people, high-touch surfaces,
yelling/projection of voice, enclosed space
picnic or (if indoor)
porch Outdoor
dining restaurant dining Indoor restaurant
Retail shopping Museum or coffee shop
With
non-household Risks:
Risks: Indoor, close
contact, potential Risks: Indoor, close
Risks:
Close contact, potential
Risks: Indoor, prolonged close REOPEN INTELLIGENTLY.
people and contact / potential clustering of
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Potential clustering of people contact/potential clustering of people,
people, difficult to wear mask
physical crowding clustering of challenge to wear a mask
while eating and drinking
and activity
distancing people during eating