Call to reinstate indoor mask mandate as NY COVID-19 cases rise
News 12 Staff
Updated on: Jul 20, 2021, 2:16am
Hopefully, you didn't throw all your masks away because there are now calls to reinstate the indoor mask mandate.
This comes as COVID-19 cases across New York state continue to rise.
Just a month ago, New York was celebrating a .29% positivity rate, the lowest since the beginning of the pandemic. Now that number has quadrupled to 1.18%.
New York City Councilman Mark Levine, who chairs the city's Health Committee, recently tweeted, "The rule of thumb should be: in indoor settings where there's no screening for vax/test status, everyone should wear a mask… we need mask solidarity. Otherwise it doesn't work."