PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington and Fayette counties have now been elevated to medium-risk level for COVID-19. State health officials say if you’re at high risk for severe illness, this is when you should talk to your doctor about possibly taking precautions like wearing a mask or getting tested if you have symptoms. Allegheny County is still considered low risk. Dr. Donald Yealy is the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s chief medical officer and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine. He told us across the health system’s 40 hospitals, the number of admissions has been steady, admitting somewhere between 130 and 180 people over the past several weeks. “What we really focus on is how many people come to the hospitals and have positive tests and how many need more extensive care,” Yealy said. Meanwhile, the White House is urging caution this summer, as new COVID-19 subvariants are becoming more common. BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of omicron are currently spiking across Europe. Washington Health System’s chief medical officer says they don’t track variants in-house, but he expects they are seeing it.