As cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant rise, Los Angeles County will reinstate indoor mask requirements this weekend regardless of vaccination status
by the nation's largest county sent a chill through the state just one month into California's long-awaited reopening. And it could prompt other local health officials to follow suit, complicating the post-pandemic recovery narrative of Gov. Gavin Newsom as he faces a September recall election.
The rise of the Delta variant has caused case rates to double nationwide over the past three weeks. On Thursday the state reported 3,622 new cases as part of a startling trend in the wake of the state’s June 15 reopening. “Across the state we are seeing increases in cases,” said Marin County Public Health Officer Matt Willis, who is considering a recommendation for indoor masking, but not a mandate. “All of us right now — public health officers — are sharing the same challenge: What is the next step for us to reduce transmission?”
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