Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken says a city-wide mask mandate is not likely in the immediate future…but he says it could happen if hospitalization rates from COVID-19 increase.
Wearing a mask is one of the recommendations local healthcare leaders give to slow the spread of the virus.
Mayor Paul TenHaken says the most important COVID-19 data point to watch is hospitalization rates.
“One number that we’re watching quite honestly is that 40 hospitalization threshold, and that’s per system," he says.