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Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 28 since coronavirus was declared a global

pandemic. Our main story today? The question of whether healthy people should wear masks to

protect from COVID-19 has been surprisingly hard to answer. Even as more places adopt widespread mask use,

health agencies can't agree on their official recommendations.

The shifting rules around covering our faces

have made it harder to trust authorities about what will control the spread of the virus.

But first, here's what happened today.

New York State reported its largest increase in coronavirus deaths on Tuesday.

Even so, there are signs that infection rates in New York are leveling off.

The number of new cases reported has steadily dropped since Friday's peak.

The United Kingdom also reported a record number of deaths in a single day.

But in China, for the first time since the pandemic emerged in December, the country said it had no

new deaths.

The Chinese government formally ended the lockdown in Wuhan, the city where the outbreak

first emerged.

After 76 days, the strict measures imposed to combat the virus have been lifted.

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