HERE WE GO AGAIN: As COVID cases and hospitalizations rise in L.A. County, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer warns that indoor mask mandates could return in just a few weeks. Eyewitness News with the strong reactions. Tonight at 11 from ABC7
Los Angeles County is currently listed in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's"medium" virus-activity category, based on its cumulative seven-day rate of new cases. But the county will move into the"high" category if its average daily rate of new COVID-related hospital admissions rises above 10 per 100,000 residents, or if the percentage of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID-positive patients tops 10%.
"While these hospital metrics remain well below the threshold for 'high' in the CDC's community-level framework, both our weekly case rate and the rate of increase in hospital admissions are of concern,'' Ferrer said."If we continue on the current trajectory... we're likely to move into the CDC 'high' community level within a few weeks, towards the end of June, indicating an increased stress on the health care system.
She applauded the step taken by Alameda County in Northern California, where an indoor mask mandate will take effect again on Friday. And she pointed to a pair of recent studies that suggested mask-wearing has a notable impact on reducing spread of the virus. Los Angeles County currently requires masks indoors at health care facilities, aboard transit vehicles and in transit hubs such as airports, in long-term care facilities, in shelters and cooling centers and in correctional facilities.
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