Los Angeles Mask Mandate Reinstated Amid Surge In COVID Cases

Residents are again required to wear face masks in public places regardless of vaccination status.

Los Angeles County residents are again required to wear masks indoors regardless of their vaccination status — a new mandate that health officials hope will reverse the latest spikes in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The rule went into effect late Saturday for the nation’s largest county, home to 11 million people, where a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases is led by the highly transmissible delta variant. Related StoryCOVID-19 Cases Rising Again In The U.S.