Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on a Zoom with reporters today recommended, “Everyone two years of age and older should wear a mask in indoor gatherings and indoor settings such as businesses, restaurants and indoors at schools.”.
“If you’ve chosen not to wear a mask in indoor public places recently, now is a good time to start again,” Dr.
“We urge local leaders to encourage use of prevention strategies like masks in public indoor settings and increasing access to testing and treatment,” said Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About two weeks ago, the CDC issued a new recommendation that masks be worn by all persons two years old up “in indoor areas of public transportation (such as airplanes, trains, etc.) and transportation hubs (such as airports, stations, etc.).” The CDC also encouraged people to wear face coverings “in crowded or poorly ventilated locations, such as airport jetways.”.
The answer is different in L.A., where Ferrer has repeated over the past week-plus some version of what she said today: “Once we are designated as a high community level we will go back to requiring those masks indoors.”.
According to federal and county data, the local cumulative seven-day rate of new Covid cases rose to 202 per 100,000 residents, up from about 176 per 100,000 last week.
Ferrer said today that the county’s current rate of new Covid admissions is 3.4 per 100,000 residents, and the rate of hospital beds occupied by COVID-positive patients is just under 1.7%
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