County health officials are closely watching virus-related hospitalization numbers as they consider whether to re-impose an indoor mask-wearing mandate.
The county moved closer to such a move last week when it moved into the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “high” COVID activity category, thanks to a new infection rate of 258 per 100,000 people.
County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer has said the county will re-impose an indoor mask mandate if it remains in the “high” category and if the county’s virus-related hospitalization numbers reach two thresholds:— if the percent of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID patients tops 10%. The county has already surpassed the first threshold, with the rate of daily hospital admissions already at 14.8 per 100,000 residents as of Thursday. The percent of hospital beds occupied by COVID patients was 6.9% as of Thursday, still below the 10% threshold.
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