Los Angeles County is maintaining a high Covid 19 community level, which means a universal indoor masking mandate could be enacted as soon as this we
Los Angeles County is maintaining a high Covid 19 community level, which means a universal indoor masking mandate could be enacted as soon as this week, health officials say, reported CNN. In Los Angeles, the average test positivity rate remains high, at 16%, Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said during a Covid 19 update. While daily reported cases have leveled off, with about 6,700 new cases daily, she said that the community level must decline back to ‘medium’ by July 28 to avoid an indoor mask requirement occurring on July 29. In LA County, there is a continued rise in the number of Covid-positive patients admitted into hospitals over the past week, according to Ferrer. This increased from roughly 1,200 a week ago to 1,329 last Thursday. Covid-related deaths in LA County remain relatively stable at 13 deaths per day on average, although this is an increase from last month, with an average of five daily deaths, Ferrer said, reported CNN.
The share of the United States population that lives in a county with a “high Covid-19 Community Level,” has doubled over the past two weeks. “We are on the cusp of medium and high. It isn’t going to take much to move us back to medium level if we can get our case numbers to go lower,” Ferrer said. “Should we start seeing a steep decline next week… we are likely to want to take a pause on moving too quickly on universal indoor masking.” Once the mask mandate is reinstated, it would take two weeks of a medium community transmission level for it to be removed, Ferrer has said in previous media briefings. The mask mandate would require masks in all indoor spaces in LA County except for children 2 years old and under and those who are eating and drinking, as reported by CNN.
Watch against contagion
In the last 24 hours 316 new cases of contagion and 3 deaths caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are over 300 in the last 24 hours, while there were 3 deaths reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.
State Health Authorities insist that Guanajuato should maintain health protection.
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