New public-health analyses show majority of states don’t meet CDC’s criteria for lifting restrictions

States are relying on their own public-health indicators when deciding whether to reclose portions of their economies to try to stop rising coronavirus infections that many attribute to the reopening of shops, bars and restaurants.
In Mississippi, state leaders said they imposed restrictions on counties that had more than 500 new cases per 100,000 residents or more than 200 new cases in the last 14 days. In California, a county is put on a watch list and ordered to further restrict operations, if among other metrics the new…