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Philly’s COVID cases are up since the mask mandate ended. Did the city make the right call?

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s COVID-19 case counts have steadily risen since the end of the city’s indoor mask mandate, but hospitalizations and deaths have not followed suit, a striking change to a pandemic-long pattern of infections leading to serious illness.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 11, 2022

Philadelphia is first big city in US to reimpose indoor mask rules as COVID rates rise

PHILADELPHIA — Alone among major U.S. cities, Philadelphia soon will again require masks indoors at all restaurants, shops, offices and other indoor public spaces next week, the city health department announced Monday. Businesses can opt to require proof of vaccination instead of requiring masks.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 12, 2022