Los Angeles County Warns of Renewed COVID Mask Mandate

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a sign requiring face masks posted on a storefront in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 2, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Los Angeles County’s public health director said Dec. 1 another indoor mask mandate could be imposed soon as COVID-19 cases surge in the county.

The county is now averaging more than 2,700 new COVID infections per day, a 180 percent increase since Nov. 1, according to county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. Daily virus-related hospital admissions are at 192 per day, a 200 percent jump since Nov. 1, she said.