The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced Wednesday that it recommends everyone don a mask while indoors regardless of an individual’s vaccination status.

The department's update comes one day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its mask guidance in response to the rise in coronavirus cases. .

"The Delta variant has caused a sharp increase in hospitalizations and case rates across the state," CDPH Director Dr.

has seen a near 47 percent increase in the number of coronavirus cases reported over the last seven days, according to data by the CDC

As coronavirus cases are again on the rise in 90 percent of U.S

jurisdictions, a resurgence of mask mandates are being enforced from the federal government down in an attempt to slow the spread. 

The latest announcement by the CDPH is not a mandate, though California became the first state this week to require all state and health care employees to provide proof of vaccination or be subject to weekly testing.