COVID-19-positive hospitalizations continued to fall in Los Angeles County Saturday, moving residents closer to a lifting of outdoor mask mandate for large events, but another 84 virus-related deaths were reported.
The deaths reported Saturday gave the county a pandemic death toll of 29,846. The county also reported 4,760 new positive COVID tests, for a cumulative total of 2,757,058 cases.WATCH: Big Game Roundtable With Jim Hill And The Talk's Jerry O'Connell And Akbar Gbajabiamila
Ferrer said Thursday that absent a sudden increase in hospitalizations, the outdoor mask mandate could be lifted as early as Wednesday, Feb. 16. — Getting a COVID test as close to the start of the game as possible and after the game if you had possible exposures;— Keeping your hands clean and keeping your distance while eating;— Wearing a well-fitted high-quality mask.
“Given the evidence of waning protection over time from the COVID vaccines, eligible residents and workers should get boosted as soon as possible,” she said in a statement. “As we think about the `post-surge’ strategies, increasing the number of people optimally protected from COVID infection helps us decrease the number of people who become seriously ill and die from COVID.
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