LOS ANGELES—Indoor mask-wearing is no longer mandatory in Los Angeles County, thanks to a new health order that took effect Friday in response to federal data showing a decreased impact of COVID-19 on the county’s health care system.
Effective at midnight, mask-wearing went from mandatory to “strongly recommended” in most indoor spaces across the county. Masking is still required in higher-risk settings, including health care facilities, transit centers, airports, aboard public transit, in correctional facilities, and at homeless shelters and long-term care facilities.
