NEW| Eyewitness News has learned Philadelphia officials held talks Tuesday about dropping the city's masking order and a decision could come as soon as Wednesday.
PHILADELPHIA — Eyewitness News has learned Philadelphia officials held talks Tuesday about dropping the city’s masking order. A decision could come as soon as Wednesday during the Department of Health’s biweekly COVID-19 briefing.. Level 1 would remove all masking requirements for most indoor public spaces.The health department uses a formula of weekly COVID-19 case rates, hospitalizations and percent positivity to determine the response level.
Officials confirm the city was just 0.8% away from reaching Level 1 based on the formula from last week.The city’s biweekly health briefing will be live-streamed on CBS News Philly at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
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