New Yorkers urged to mask up again, but what's the right mask?

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) -- Here we go again. Care providers are once more recommending that everyone use a mask to prevent the spread of COVID throughout the holiday season as the COVID numbers continue to rise.

More than 20 thousand free KN95 masks are being handed out at high-traffic tourist areas like Grand Central Terminal, Times Square, Herald Square, and homeless and domestic violence shelters.

Federal funding for PPE has run out just as we enter the holidays and just as the COVID numbers are rising once again.

For New York state, 6,390 people tested positive for COVID Friday, more than half in New York City.

According to Gov. Kathy Hochul's office, there were 1,608 hospitalizations for COIVD in New York City alone and 35 COVID-related deaths across the state Friday.

Lenox Hill Pulmonologist Dr. Len Horovitz said it’s time for everyone to mask up properly.