KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt February 6, 2022 23:41:00
Past two weeks with hospitalizations down more than 20%. deaths, which are often weeks behind hospitalizations, are still very high and growing. with case numbers trending in the right direction, though, there is a growing push for some to begin ending covid restrictions, like masks indoors and in schools. here's meagan fitzgerald >> reporter: tonight, finally a downward trend. but as covid infections drop, growing calls from doctors, teachers and parents to drop masks for kids, citing concerns of long-term effects. >> masks in schools really decrease the quality of their educational environme...