LOS ANGELES — Health officers in Los Angeles County are recommending, however not making mandatory that individuals put on masks indoors in public locations no matter their vaccination status.
The advice within the nation’s most populous county is aimed at preventing the spread of the extremely transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus.
The county public health department suggests that individuals wear masks when inside grocery or retail stores as well as at theaters and family entertainment centers and in workplaces when people’s vaccination statuses aren’t known.
The county experienced a surge in cases and deaths over the winter. Up to now, the county has recorded a total of 1.2 million coronavirus cases and more than 24,000 deaths from COVID-19.
