Los Angeles County May Reinstate Indoor Mask Mandate July 29

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 will reinstate its indoor mask mandate on July 29 unless COVID-19 hospitalization numbers fall, according to Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer.

While “it’s never too late to reverse course,” Ferrer said, “It’s hard to imagine that two weeks from now the hospital data metric will drop.”