Los Angeles County’s public health director said Dec. 1 another indoor mask mandate could be imposed soon as COVID-19 cases surge in the county.
The county is now averaging more than 2,700 new COVID infections per day, a 180 percent increase since Nov. 1, according to county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. Daily virus-related hospital admissions are at 192 per day, a 200 percent jump since Nov. 1, she said.
“Given both the increases in hospitalizations and the lack of certainty in the winter trajectory for COVID-19, continuing some common-sense mitigation strategies that we know work to limit transmission and illness, including masking and being up to date on vaccines and boosters, remains a very sensible approach,” Ferrer said….