Los Angeles County Reinstates Mask Mandates for Hospitals

Order by health officials in nation’s most populous county comes amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases.

A health care professional in a hospital prepares to enter a patient's room. File, Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images

Los Angeles County over the weekend confirmed that has reinstated a mask-wearing mandate for staff, patients, and visitors at licensed health care facilities, citing a recent increase in COVID-19 cases.

According to health officials, the county entered the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “medium level” for hospital admissions on Dec. 29, triggering the masking mandate.