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SALT LAKE CITY Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall signed an executive order on Wednesday requiring the public and city employees vaccinated or not to wear masks in city-owned buildings and facilities.
The executive order comes after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance and recommended that vaccinated individuals should resume wearing a mask when indoors in substantial or high transmission areas. The updates come after the delta variant of the coronavirus has been circulating quickly throughout the nation.
Utah public health officials reported over 800 new COVID-19 cases in a single day for the second time this month on Wednesday. Before July 21, the health department hadn t reported more than 800 cases in a single day since February. The University of Utah Health said in a release that the surge of COVID-19 cases among people who are unvaccinated with the wide circulation of highly contagious delta variant has led to a sharp incre