L.A. County is by far the biggest jurisdiction in the U.S. to require masks again. But with COVID-19 cases rising across the nation largely because of the highly infectious Delta variant, officials elsewhere will be watching to see if the effort works.
include children younger than 2. Indoor restaurant dining is still allowed, but patrons are asked to wear masks when they are not eating or drinking.As of Saturday night, L.A. County was averaging almost 1,400 new coronavirus cases a day over the past week, up from about 170 cases a day for the week that ended June 15, when California fully reopened. COVID-19 hospitalizations have doubled in the past month.
Former Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Saturday urged the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to recommend that communities with surging cases and rising rates of positive tests follow L.A. County’s example and advise masking up again until case numbers fall. A growing number of local health authorities are recommending, if not requiring, mask use indoors by everyone. Health officials for Clark County, including Las Vegas, on
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