PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A statewide indoor mask mandate is about to go into effect in Delaware, in the wake of spikes in daily COVID-19 cases and positive test percentages that have reached the highest levels of the pandemic.
It takes effect at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Gov. John Carney on Monday also announced plans to extend the mask requirements for school and child care facilities.
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The state's school mask mandate had been set to expire in early February.
Additional members of the Delaware National Guard were being deployed to assist with non-clinical operations inside Delaware hospitals.
After having not reached 10% since early in 2021, positive test percentages in Delaware have reached record levels of more than 25% in recent days. Last week brought record-high daily new case totals of more than 2,700.
