FILE - A person holds a stack of masks. (FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV))PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health announced the reinstatement of the city’s mask mandate for indoor public spaces on Monday after a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Last week, the Philadelphia Department of Health said coronavirus cases increased by more than 50% in a ten-day span in the city where there's now an average of 142 new cases per day, according to Health Commissioner Dr.
Cheryl Bettigole. "This looks like we may be at the start of a new COVID wave like Europe just saw," she said.While hospitalizations remain low, Bettigole says Philadelphia no longer meets the threshold for the All Clear tier.
Health officials use four key metrics, COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, test positivity rates and the rate of increase in cases, to determine the move from one response tier to the next.(Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey regulators gave a green light Monday to seven facilities that already sell medical marijuana to also sell recreational cannabis, although it's not clear exactly when sales would begin.Sales could start in a matter of weeks or longer, but a specific date wasn't set at the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission’s vote during a remotely held meeting.