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Salt Lake City mayor terminates mask mandate in city buildings, vehicles

New cases of COVID-19 have decreased across the state, while most Utah counties fall below CDC’s high-risk category.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall says a few words at the UTA Central Station, as mayors and county council members rode UTA to promote Free Fare February and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the start of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022.

Masks are no longer required in Salt Lake City buildings and vehicles, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced Tuesday.

Mendenhall wrote in a tweet that she ended the mandate amid a decrease in COVID-19 case counts after consulting with the Centers for Disease Control and the Salt Lake County Health Department.

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined a new set of measures for areas experiencing low or medium levels of COVID-19 in an area. Salt Lake County falls in the medium-risk category, meaning people at high risk for severe disease should exercise caution, but healthy individuals can take a break from wearing masks.

Numbers reported Tuesday by the Utah Department of Health show a continued decline in new cases, hospitalizations and ICU occupancy rates across the state.