City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Philadelphia is ending its indoor mask mandate, city health officials said Thursday night, April 21, 2022, abruptly reversing course just days after city residents had to start wearing masks again amid a sharp increase in infections. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
By Bobby Caina Calvan and Steve LeBlanc Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An increase in COVID-19 infections around the U.S. has sent more cities…