Danbury Mayor Dean Esposito is no longer requiring municipal employees to wear masks in City Hall.  A message to staff members says city employees who wish to continue wearing a mask may do so.  The mask mandate was ordered at the end of December when the Omicron variant started to spread.  Lifting the mandate comes as a sharp decline in COVID-19 cases in Danbury is being reported.  The latest peak in Danbury was on January 11th at 572 new daily cases.  The latest data posted by the City shows 41 new cases on February 2nd.