Does the Catholic Church accept that in-person Mass is not an 'essential service'?

In many places, in-person Masses were paused indefinitely due to Covid-19 related government mandates which labeled certain services as 'essential' and others are 'non-essential'. Ones that were 'essential' continued to operate, those that were 'non-essential' did not - including in many places in-person Mass. My Bishop gave a dispensation to everyone in my diocese indefinitely. Does the Catholic Church accept that in-person Mass is 'non-essential'?