via ny1:
Hollywood studio Lionsgate has implemented a mask mandate on certain floors of its Santa Monica, California, offices after several employees tested positive for the virus, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In Atlanta, Morris Brown College announced a two-week mask requirement as well as a ban on large gatherings.
And some hospitals have also begun to require face coverings again, including at Kaiser Permanente in California and two Upstate Medical University facilities in Syracuse, New York.
Meanwhile in Kentucky, the Lee County School District canceled classes Tuesday and Wednesday and shifted to remote learning Thursday and Friday, citing a wave of students and staff members being ill with COVID, strep throat, the flu or other illnesses.
There were nearly 13,000 people nationally hospitalized with COVID-19 last week, a number that has doubled since late June, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Per capita, COVID hospitalizations are highest in Delaware, North Carolina, Missouri, Florida and Hawaii, while Massachusetts, Vermont and Kentucky have seen the largest spikes over the past two weeks, according to The New York Times’ tracker.
Amid the slight return to masking, the Royal Society in the United Kingdom on Thursday published a study that found there is clear evidence that stringent and quick implementation of non-pharmaceutical safety measures during the pandemic — masking, social distancing, travel restrictions and more — were effective in some countries in reducing the spread of COVID-19.