United States Travel Restrictions: Safest States To Visit Right Now

The United States has largely reopened to domestic travel with Americans facing minimal restrictions or requirements to cross state lines. Nonetheless, the emergence of the more contagious COVID-19 Delta variant presents a new concern for travelers, with the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) reporting a high level of community transmission in nearly 90 percent of U.S. counties. While the country has seen rising case numbers in recent weeks, there are a handful of factors such as COVID-19 vaccination rates, positive testing rates, hospitalizations and deaths—WalletHub recently analyzed these metrics for all 50 states and the District of Columbia—that we can look at to reveal some of the safer places to visit as summer comes to a close.