Philadelphia doesn't plan to reinstate mask mandate despite region-wide jumps in hospitalization and case rates

COVID-19 cases are rising across the Philadelphia region, particularly in South Jersey and Montgomery County, but city officials aren't planning to reinstate the mask mandate. The city's COVID-19 spread is at a medium level, but the rest of Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey is at a high level, the CDC reports. Still, hospitalizations in Philly have doubled over the last three weeks. The city is averaging 434 new cases per day.

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