Bucks County Courier Times The Pennsylvania Department of Health has no immediate plan to reinstate face mask mandates or other restrictions despite new updated federal health guidelines and rising COVID-19 infections in the state. Amid slowed vaccination rates, public health and medical communities continue to push vaccines as the most effective way to prevent the spread of COVID among people who are under or unvaccinated, who account for the vast majority of new infection cases. Pennsylvania saw nearly 1,000 more new COVID cases confirmed between Monday and Tuesday, the highest one-day jump since mid-May. The prior week, 569 new cases were reported between July 20 and 21.