//What you need to know about COVID-19: More mask use could save thousands of lives, researchers say

What you need to know about COVID-19: More mask use could save thousands of lives, researchers say

Related video above: New saliva test approved as US passes 170k deathsMore than 130,000 people could die over the next few months from COVID-19 if leaders across the U.S. don’t implement safety measures like mask mandates heading into fall, researchers say.If mask use increases from 53% to 95%, it could save almost 70,000 lives, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the