LA County returns to 'high' COVID level, inching closer to possible return of indoor mask mandate

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LA County returns to 'high' COVID level, inching closer to possible return of indoor mask mandate
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BREAKINGNEWS: L.A. County has now entered the 'high' COVID-19 community activity category, moving the county closer to a possible return of an indoor mask-wearing mandate.

Los Angeles County has now entered the federal government's "high'' COVID-19 community activity category, moving the county closer to a possible return of an indoor mask-wearing mandate.Los Angeles County has now entered the federal government's "high'' COVID-19 community activity category, moving the county closer to a possible return of an indoor mask-wearing mandate.

The 5,051 new cases reported by the county Department of Public Health gave the county an overall total from throughout the pandemic of 3,570,525. Health officials have noted that the officially reported case numbers are an undercount of actual virus activity in the county, since many residents take at- home tests without reporting the results, and many others don't bother getting tested at all.

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