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Last week, nearly every state in the U.S. experienced an increase in daily coronavirus cases. Driven by the Delta variant, this rise and an accompanying increase in hospitalizations have sparked a debate about returning to indoor mask mandates for all, regardless of vaccination status.

Los Angeles County announced Thursday that face masks will be required indoors for both vaccinated and

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis said Sunday that restoring the mask mandate is "not punishment, but prevention" as the county responds to the alarming spike in COVID-19 cases and the highly transmissible delta variant.

"We're up to almost 1,900 cases and over 460 individuals that are now in our ICU unit. This is very disturbing," Solis told ABC "This Week"

Last week, the country reached a pandemic milestone: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that vaccinated people generally no longer have to wear masks indoors. While many Americans rejoiced at the prospect of maskless trips to the grocery store and the post office, some parents were worried. With just a few weeks remaining in the school year, would school districts lift mask

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the governor's statewide mask mandate in a 4-3 ruling.

"The question in this case is not whether the Governor acted wisely; it is whether he acted lawfully," the majority opinion read in part. "We conclude he did not."

Fearing more deaths statewide from Covid-19, Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, reissued several mask mandates