Philadelphia is poised to reinstate its indoor mask mandate next week, as COVID-19 cases climb again.
Philadelphia is poised to reinstate its indoor mask mandate next week as COVID-19 cases climb again.
The Inquirer analysis isn’t predictive, and it is possible that key metrics triggering the return of the mask mandate could decrease by Monday. It’s “certainly possible,” Garrow said, but the city has not yet reached the peak of the case increase that appears to be building now. The city will review Monday’s hospitalization numbers and the past seven days of case counts to decide whether to change policies.
On Monday, the health department recommended people start masking indoors again, without requiring it.What are the metrics to bring back a mask requirement? The city had initially included a fourth metric, the percent of COVID tests with positive results, but concerns about the reliability of testing led the city to drop that benchmark. Because so many people are taking COVID tests at home, and because those taking tests at sites like hospitals and clinics are likely to lead to inflated positivity rates, testing has become a less valuable tool for measuring COVID’s spread.“All Clear,” “Mask Precautions,” “Caution,” and “Extreme Caution.
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