LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County is re-implementing a mandate requiring residents to wear masks while indoors, regardless of vaccination as the county has continued to see an increase in COVID-19 transmission, county health officials said Thursday.
The county previously only recommended mask-wearing indoors. The new mandate will take effect at 11:59 p.m. Saturday.Los Angeles County on Thursday reported another 1,537 COVID-19 cases and three additional deaths.
The number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County topped 400 Wednesday, while another 1,315 infections were confirmed.Thursday marks the seventh consecutive day of new cases topping 1,000.RELATED: LA County reports 6th consecutive day of more than 1K new casesThe.