Last December 15, as the original Omicron wave gained serious momentum, California reinstituted a statewide indoor mask mandate. State Public Health Officer Tomás Aragón said the move was “to…
The director of public health in the state’s most populous county, Los Angeles,that she expects her county will move into the CDC’s “High” level Covid designation next week as a result of the rising numbers. If L.A. stays in that category for 14 days, the county will reimpose a mask mandate in public places.Across the state, 35 of California’s 58 counties are also so designated by the CDC. Few of them have spoken about reinstituting masking. Nor has the state.
last night, “There’s no question in my mind that we’re missing a vast majority of infections right now.” Even with the limited test reporting, the number recorded in California today — 13,000 new cases — is already 44% above the approximately 9,000 cases reported on December 15 of last year. That, coupled with the Golden State’s sky-high test positivity and a much more infectious variant, does not bode well.
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