Mayor Eric Adams is rejecting recommendations from city health officials to reinstate a mask mandate, just as the city changes its virus risk level to 'high' this week.It comes as cases in the city have once again eclipsed 4,000 per day, but hospitalizations have actually decreased to 56 per day - from 74 a day last week, and deaths have flattened in the single digits for months now.Hospitalization figures may be inflated, though, with data revealed last week finding that half of patients were actually receiving treatment for another ailment, and just tested positive while present.
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