If the county remains in the 'high' level for two consecutive weeks, it will again impose a mandatory indoor mask-wearing mandate.
Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer says the county remains on pace to move into the "high"If the county remains in the "high" level for two consecutive weeks, it will again impose a mandatory indoor mask-wearing mandate. The level is determined by hospitalization rates. It will reach the "high" category if the seven-day average of new COVID-related hospital admissions reaches 10 per 100,000 residents. As of Tuesday, that rate was at 8.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer explains why the indoor mask mandate would return if LA County enters the high transmission category. This as Ventura County plans to not bring back indoor masking even though the county reached high transmission. The county logged 18,158 new COVID-19 infections over the past three days, while also recording 39 new deaths, according to figures recently released.