Increase in COVID Cases Prompts California County to Recommend Masks Again

The top health official for a county near Sacramento advised residents to wear masks indoors. No mandate was issued.

A man wearing a mask uses a laptop in a file photo. Cindy Ord/Getty Images

At least one official in California has recommended that residents wear masks indoors due to an increase in COVID-19 in recent days.

Wastewater data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday show that California is seeing “very high” levels of the virus, while all states on the West Coast are either at “high” or “very high” levels.