COVID-19 live updates: Masks cut virus incidence by 53%, new analysis finds

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation that prohibits private employer vaccine mandates and says employers that violate the ruling will be fined.

Mask-wearing cuts COVID-19 incidence by 53%, according to a new analysis that pooled results from multiple studies.in the medical journal The BMJ, found that mask-wearing, social distancing and hand-washing were all effective in reducing the spread of COVID-19.

Twenty-seven states have seen at least a 10% jump in daily cases over the last two weeks: Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, New York City, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont and Wisconsin.

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