Los Angeles “Likely Next Week” To Reach The CDC’s “High” Covid Community Level, Says Top Health Official
deadline.comCalifornia’s largest county is on course to be labeled a “High” Covid level community in the next seven days. Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said today of that outcome, “I think it’s likely next week.” L.A.
would join 35 other of the state’s counties that are already there. Ferrer based her projection on LACPH modeling of the region’s Covid-related hospitalization rate, which currently sits at 8.4 per 100,000 residents.
Once it gets above 10 per 100,000 — as it’s expected to on July 14 — a 14-day timer starts on reimplementing the county’s mandatory indoor masking rule.
If the region stays above 10 per 100,000 for 14 days, the mask mandate would go into effect on July 29.The department’s hospitalization modeling has been fairly accurate over the past few weeks.
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